Senior Backend Developer (AI/Python)

Job Type: ContractKey Requirements:5+ years of backend development experience with strong PythonStrong hands-on experience with FastAPI, async programming and Pydantic 2+ years of hands-on GenAI/LLM application developmentExperience integrating Azure OpenAI, OpenAI GPT and/or Anthropic ClaudeHands-on MCP / Model Context Protocol / FastMCP developmentStrong experience with RAG and vector searchExperience with LangChain, LangGraph or LlamaIndexMicrosoft Azure experience, including AKS, Azure Cosmos DB and Azure Cache for RedisDocker, Kubernetes and GitHub Actions CI/CDExperience with LLM observability, monitoring, cost/latency optimization and production supportStrong understanding of scalable backend architecture, caching, retries, rate limiting and horizontal scalingExperience with AI coding assistants such as Claude and CodexNice to have: Insurance/Financial Services experience, Azure AI Search/AI Foundry, multi-agent architecture, Terraform/Bicep and Entra ID/OAuth.