Technical Lead - Backend (AI & IoT)

About the role

Join an innovative engineering team building an AI‑driven smart monitoring platform that combines live video, IoT devices, cloud services and machine learning. You will lead backend development, design scalable APIs, optimise data models and improve platform reliability while influencing the product roadmap.

Key responsibilities

• Lead backend architecture, development and delivery of an AI‑powered IoT platform.
• Develop and maintain scalable services using Python, Django and Django REST Framework.
• Design secure APIs, database models, integrations and micro‑services.
• Implement asynchronous workflows, background jobs and event‑driven processing with Redis and Dramatiq.
• Collaborate with product, AI/Data Science, IoT/Firmware and frontend teams to deliver new features.
• Integrate services with Firebase, REST APIs, gRPC and protobuf.
• Improve system performance, scalability, reliability and provide production support.
• Mentor backend engineers through code reviews and technical leadership.

Required profile

• 7+ years of backend software engineering experience with strong technical leadership.
• Proven expertise in designing scalable APIs, micro‑services and distributed systems.
• Hands‑on experience with asynchronous processing, background jobs and cloud‑based architectures.
• Familiarity with AI‑assisted development tools and modern engineering workflows.
• Exposure to IoT, AI/ML, telemetry or real‑time data platforms is highly desirable.

Required skills

• Python
• Django (including Django REST Framework)
• PostgreSQL
• Redis
• Dramatiq
• Docker
• Firebase Authentication
• REST APIs
• gRPC
• Protocol Buffers (protobuf)
• Rust (optional)