TechDoQuest · 20 hours ago
Lead Backend AI Engineer
Leawood, KS
Contract
Onsite
Lead/StaffTechDoQuest is seeking a Lead Backend AI Engineer to coordinate with offshore teams and collaborate with product teams to gather requirements. The role requires strong architectural thinking, experience in distributed systems, and the ability to drive end-to-end project delivery while communicating effectively with technical audiences.
Cloud ComputingConsultingInformation TechnologyOutsourcingProfessional ServicesSoftware
Hiring Manager
Dharmita Kaithwas
Responsibilities
Experience in coordination with offshore team
The candidate should be able to demonstrate experience collaborating with product teams to gather requirements, working with engineering teams to design solutions, breaking down work into clear, actionable tasks, and driving end-to-end delivery of projects
The candidate must demonstrate strong architectural thinking and the ability to clearly articulate system designs, trade-offs, and technical decisions to large technical audiences
Critical thinking - The engineer should be able to able to think coherently, ask appropriate clarifying question and provide solution to given problem by interviewer
Communication - Concisely communicate and answer the questions asked by the interviewer. Stay on topic when communicating
Non functional aspects of project - Candidate should be able to share his experience and answer questions around non functional aspects like scaling, monitoring and operations, Load and performance testing, Code Quality and maintenance, (This is a big positive - using AI for self productivity)
Exposure to Ascend equivalent projects - Candidates should have exposure to large distributed systems project implementation, working in bigger teams, experience in collaboration with cross functional team member to execute the project
Extensive experience in distributed systems - Designing microservice architecture and building microservices using REST API, using distributed messaging like Kafka or other
Logic Thinking & Problem Solving - The person should be able to solve medium complexity coding problems (Leet code style medium)
Candidate must be demonstrate flexibility to provide sufficient overlap with onsite team in a very fast paced environment
Candidate must be able to demonstrate basic awareness about LLMs and Gen AI space in general
Python - Its definite plus, if the person know python and has done basic training in Python programming
Gen AI / Agentic AI - Its as definite plus if the person and has done basic training in Gen AI and Agentic AI programming
Qualification
Required
Experience in coordination with offshore team
The candidate should be able to demonstrate experience collaborating with product teams to gather requirements, working with engineering teams to design solutions, breaking down work into clear, actionable tasks, and driving end-to-end delivery of projects
The candidate must demonstrate strong architectural thinking and the ability to clearly articulate system designs, trade-offs, and technical decisions to large technical audiences
Critical thinking - The engineer should be able to think coherently, ask appropriate clarifying questions and provide solutions to given problems by the interviewer
Communication - Concisely communicate and answer the questions asked by the interviewer. Stay on topic when communicating
Non functional aspects of project - Candidate should be able to share his experience and answer questions around non functional aspects like scaling, monitoring and operations, Load and performance testing, Code Quality and maintenance
Exposure to Ascend equivalent projects - Candidates should have exposure to large distributed systems project implementation, working in bigger teams, experience in collaboration with cross functional team members to execute the project
Extensive experience in distributed systems - Designing microservice architecture and building microservices using REST API, using distributed messaging like Kafka or other
Logic Thinking & Problem Solving - The person should be able to solve medium complexity coding problems (Leet code style medium)
Candidate must demonstrate flexibility to provide sufficient overlap with onsite team in a very fast paced environment
Candidate must be able to demonstrate basic awareness about LLMs and Gen AI space in general
Preferred
Python - Its definite plus, if the person knows python and has done basic training in Python programming
Gen AI / Agentic AI - Its as definite plus if the person has done basic training in Gen AI and Agentic AI programming
Company
TechDoQuest
Techdoquest is a software company that specializes in IT consulting & services, cloud migration, IT Staffing, outsourcing, and telecom.
Founded in 2018
51-200 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
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