Backend Engineer — AI Applications

About the role Shodh AI is hiring a Backend Engineer to help turn AI capabilities into reliable enterprise applications. You will build APIs, integrate language models, develop document-processing workflows and support secure deployment. This is a hands-on engineering role. You will own clearly scoped tasks, supported by our senior technical team for architecture, complex troubleshooting and deployment decisions. What you’ll do Build and maintain REST APIs using Python and/or TypeScript. Integrate language-model services and document-processing tools. Develop workflows for reviewing, editing, approving and versioning generated outputs. Implement input validation, error handling, retries and background processing. Work with databases to store application state, comments and audit history. Write unit and integration tests. Help package applications using Docker for cloud, on-premises and offline deployment. Maintain API documentation and installation instructions. What we’re looking for 1–2 years of relevant backend development experience. Strong programming skills in Python and/or TypeScript. Experience with FastAPI, Django, Flask, Node.js or a comparable backend framework. Experience building REST APIs and working with relational databases. Understanding of authentication, data validation and secure handling of credentials. Familiarity with Git, Linux and automated testing. Strong debugging skills, ownership and clear communication. Good to have Experience integrating LLMs or other AI services. Familiarity with Docker, queues and asynchronous jobs. Exposure to JSON Schema, workflow engines or graph-based applications. Basic React knowledge for collaborating on frontend integrations. How to apply Apply through LinkedIn with your CV and a relevant project link or brief project description. Tell us what you personally built, a technical challenge you solved and how you tested or deployed your work. Confidential projects can be described without sharing proprietary material. Show more Show less