Backend Software Engineer for AI Core team building foundational AI capabilities across Ad Platforms. Implementing backend services, APIs, and integrating LLMs for AI - powered systems.
About the role
- Tech Lead guiding engineering excellence at Clickatell, an AI-driven chat commerce leader. Shape architecture and mentor engineers for scalable systems across diverse industries.
Responsibilities
- Contribute to end-to-end technical architecture and system design across product and AI-driven initiatives.
- Drive requirement clarity and technical discovery by working closely with Product and User Experience teams to refine user stories, identify edge cases, evaluate trade-offs, and define implementation strategies.
- Lead and facilitate agile ceremonies including backlog grooming, estimation sessions, technical design discussions, stand-ups.
- Lead development using Java, Spring Boot, and Python, delivering high-performance, secure, and reliable systems that handle high transaction volumes and real-time workflows.
- Drive AI-integrated development by guiding the integration of large language models, retrieval-augmented generation architectures, and vector search systems into production applications.
- Own engineering standards and code quality across services, ensuring clean architecture, strong testing practices, clear documentation, and consistent design patterns.
- Mentor and guide engineers through requirement analysis, design discussions, code reviews, debugging, and production readiness.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams including Infrastructure, Database, DevOps, and Customer Support teams to resolve complex technical issues and ensure smooth releases.
- Ensure production stability and operational excellence by leading root cause analysis, and driving improvements in monitoring and observability.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 5+ years of professional software engineering experience, including experience in a technical leadership role.
- Strong hands-on experience with Java and Spring Boot in building microservices.
- Strong hands-on experience with Python backend development.
- Demonstrated experience working closely with Product Managers and Design teams to shape, refine, and drive technical requirements.
- Experience translating business requirements into technical design documents, implementation plans, and delivery estimates.
- Experience designing and building high-volume, low-latency distributed systems.
- Experience integrating AI capabilities into production systems
- Experience with RESTful API design and integration.
- Experience deploying applications in cloud environments such as Amazon Web Services.
- Experience leading technical discussions, mentoring engineering teams, and facilitating agile ceremonies.
- Experience working with event-driven systems and message brokers such as Kafka or similar platforms.
Benefits
- Medical Aid contribution
- Pension fund contribution
- Quarterly performance incentive bonus
- Risk benefit company contributions
- Reimbursable communications allowance for internet and mobile phone bills
- Half-day off on your birthday
- 5 personal days leave a year, over and above your annual leave + ½ day off on your birthday
- Flexible working conditions (remote & in person) with access to office hubs as required *current policy
- Home office set-up with laptop, monitor and other related items.
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