LexisNexis Legal & Professional is looking to architect, build, and operate the server-side systems powering their AI services, primarily in Python and FastAPI, to ensure reliable and scalable AI pipelines.
Requirements
- 5+ years in backend engineering with Python as the primary language
- Hands-on experience building FastAPI (or equivalent) microservices and WebSocket endpoints
- Proven track record deploying and operating services on AWS EKS (Kubernetes)
- Strong skills in containerization (Docker), orchestration (Kubernetes), and Helm charts
- Infrastructure-as-code expertise (Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar)
- CI/CD mastery with GitOps, Jenkins, or AWS CodePipeline
- Solid debugging, profiling, and performance-tuning chops in Linux and cloud environments
Responsibilities
- Lead development of high-throughput RESTful APIs and microservices in Python using FastAPI
- Design and deploy containerized services on AWS EKS (Kubernetes) with Helm, Terraform, and CI/CD
- Build and operate monitoring, alerting, and observability pipelines (Prometheus, Grafana etc..)
- Lead incident response, on-call rotations, postmortems, and root-cause analysis to drive continuous reliability improvements
- Implement data ingestion, transformation, and vector caching layers for RAG workflows
- Monitor, profile, and optimize services for CPU, memory, and request-rate spikes
- Collaborate in code reviews, define API contracts, and mentor others on best practices
Other
- Are you a champion for continuous improvement?
- Do you love collaborating with teams to solve complex technical problems in the field of employer-employee relations?
- We promote a healthy work/life balance across the organization.
- Working flexible hours - flexing the times when you work in the day to help you fit everything in and work when you are the most productive.
- We are an equal opportunity employer: qualified applicants are considered for and treated during employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, citizenship status, disability status, protected veteran status, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.
