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The platform also exposes enterprise capabilities to AI agents through MCP servers, so you will work at the intersection of classic backend engineering and modern GenAI integration.\n\nResponsibilities\n\nDesign, develop and maintain scalable, high-performance REST APIs and backend services using Python and FastAPI.\n\nBuild and maintain MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers using FastMCP to expose enterprise data and tools to AI agents and LLM-based applications.\n\nDesign data models and access patterns for Azure Cosmos DB, with attention to partitioning, throughput (RU) efficiency and consistency.\n\nImplement caching strategies with Azure Cache for Redis to improve performance and reduce load on downstream systems.\n\nContainerize services with Docker and deploy and operate them on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS).\n\nBuild and maintain CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, including automated testing, security scanning and deployments.\n\nImplement monitoring and observability: structured logging, distributed tracing, metrics, dashboards and alerting (Azure Monitor, Application Insights, OpenTelemetry).\n\nOwn the full service lifecycle: design, implementation, testing, deployment, production support and incident troubleshooting.\n\nApply secure coding practices and enterprise security standards, including secrets management and secure service-to-service communication.\n\nUse AI-assisted development tools (Claude, Codex) to accelerate delivery while maintaining high code quality.\n\nCollaborate with client stakeholders, architects, frontend engineers and QA to deliver end-to-end features.\n\nParticipate in code reviews and contribute to backend architecture and engineering standards.\n\nSkills\n\nMust have\n\n4+ years of professional backend development experience with a strong focus on Python.\n\nSolid experience building production REST APIs with FastAPI, including async programming, Pydantic models, dependency injection and API versioning.\n\nHands-on experience with FastMCP or MCP server development, or strong interest and demonstrable ability to ramp up quickly.\n\nPractical experience with Microsoft Azure, including AKS, Azure Cosmos DB and Azure Cache for Redis.\n\nExperience with Docker and deploying containerized applications to Kubernetes (Helm or similar tooling is a plus).\n\nExperience building CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions.\n\nHands-on experience with observability tooling such as Azure Monitor, Application Insights, OpenTelemetry, Prometheus or Grafana.\n\nGood understanding of scalable system design: caching, rate limiting, retries, idempotency and horizontal scaling.\n\nExperience with automated testing (pytest, integration and contract testing).\n\nDaily, confident use of VS Code and AI coding assistants such as Claude and Codex.\n\nStrong understanding of software engineering best practices: clean code, code review, Git workflows.\n\nUpper-Intermediate (B2) or higher English, with the ability to communicate directly with US-based stakeholders.\n\nNice to have\n\nExperience in the insurance or broader financial services domain.\n\nExperience integrating LLMs (Azure OpenAI, OpenAI GPT, Anthropic Claude) into backend services.\n\nFamiliarity with Azure services such as API Management, Key Vault, Service Bus or Event Grid.\n\nExperience with infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, Bicep).\n\nKnowledge of authentication and authorization with Azure AD / Entra ID, OAuth 2.0 and managed identities.\n\nFamiliarity with data privacy and compliance requirements for handling PII in regulated industries.\n\nOther\n\nLanguages\n\nEnglish: B2 Upper Intermediate\n\nSeniority\n\nSenior\nRemote United States, United States of America\n\nReq. 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