Backend Engineer - AI Platform and Cloud Native Services

Lenovo
Any Location, NC
Remote
Job Description
Role Overview

Lenovo is building a team that will focus on creating a solution for managing and optimizing the costs for token spend, among other enterprise AI services. The platform will provide model orchestration, token accounting, cost controls, security governance, usage analytics, and API management, enabling organizations to securely scale AI adoption while maintaining visibility, compliance, and budget control across diverse AI workloads and ecosystems.

What You Will Do

Design and develop platform business functions based on Product Requirement Documents (PRD). Implement scalable microservices using Java and Spring ecosystems. Ensure high-performance, reliable backend services that meet business requirements.

Why It Might Be a Fit

Experience integrating AI/ML services, inference APIs, or LLM-based workflows into enterprise applications. Familiarity with REST/gRPC integration patterns for AI services and GPU-accelerated environments. Exposure to NVIDIA AI ecosystem technologies (NIMs, Triton Inference Server, Metropolis, DeepStream) is a plus.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree or above in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent experience.
  • 5+ years of experience with high-scale distributed systems and cloud-native development
  • Strong programming skills including multithreading, concurrency, and profiling and optimization in Java or equivalent
  • Expertise in common components: PostgreSQL, RabbitMQ, Redis, Docker, Kafka, and Kubernetes.
  • Experience with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices
  • AI-assisted development tools proficiency is required
  • Experience with modern software architecture such as real-time event-driven architectures, micro-services and streaming data pipelines.
  • Familiarity with handling telemetry, sensor, IoT, or operational event data at scale.
  • Experience integrating enterprise platforms, third-party APIs, and operational systems into unified backend services.

Benefits

  • Dental insurance
  • Vision insurance
  • 401(k) or pension plan
  • Paid time off
  • Paid holidays
  • Bonus/commission
  • Stock options
  • Health insurance
  • Life insurance
  • Disability insurance
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