Backend Engineer

Company Overview Established in 2010, Vinova is an award-winning development company specializing in mobile, web, and enterprise applications. Serving global clients across IoT, blockchain, fintech, and ecommerce, Vinova delivers quality products through passion, collaboration, and cutting-edge technology. Job Summary As a Backend Engineer at Vinova, you will design, build, deploy, and operate secure backend services that power AI, machine learning, and generative AI solutions for government systems and digital services. Collaborate across teams to deliver reliable, production-ready systems. Responsibilities Design, build, deploy, and operate secure backend services to enable AI, machine learning, and generative AI solutions for government and digital services Collaborate with product, policy, data, cybersecurity, DevOps, and platform teams to translate operational needs into reliable, production-ready backend systems Develop and maintain APIs, integrations, and application components to support AI-enabled products and platforms Apply strong software engineering fundamentals and backend development practices to enhance AI and machine learning solutions Implement data preparation, model evaluation, monitoring, logging, and production support processes for AI systems Utilize cloud environments such as AWS, GCC, or approved enterprise cloud platforms to deploy and manage backend services Incorporate responsible AI principles, AI governance, data protection, security, privacy, and risk management into backend engineering practices Employ CI/CD, DevSecOps, version control, testing, and operational support processes to ensure system reliability and security Preferred competencies and qualifications Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a relevant IT field 1-2 years of experience in AI engineering, machine learning engineering, data science, software engineering, or related technical roles Hands-on experience developing backend services, APIs, integrations, or application components Strong programming experience in Python Familiarity with API development, testing, and commonly used AI/machine learning libraries or frameworks Experience with large language models, prompt engineering, embeddings, vector databases, retrieval-augmented generation, or AI agent workflows Good understanding of MLOps/LLMOps practices including monitoring, logging, and production support