Key skills
PythonAIMLFastAPIAzureTerraformDockerGitHub ActionsVaultAKSAzure DevOpsJWTClerkGitHubSaaSCI/CD
About this role
Servant is a forward-thinking organization focused on helping teams work smarter, not harder. They are seeking a Backend Engineer to build secure, scalable backend infrastructure and DevOps systems that power various functionalities including authentication and AI orchestration flows.
Responsibilities:
- Build scalable API services
- Integrate Clerk Authentication for identity, RBAC, token validation, and authorization
- Implement core backend for human-led AI workflows
- Support multi-tenant architecture, secure session management, and API hardening
- Deploy and manage Azure infrastructure (Functions, App Services, AKS, Key Vault)
- Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions or Azure DevOps)
- Implement Infrastructure-as-Code using Terraform or Bicep
- Configure monitoring, logging, observability, and uptime automation
- Optimize cloud cost, performance, and reliability
Requirements:
- Strong Python/FastAPI backend development experience
- Hands-on Clerk Authentication integration (JWTs, RBAC, middleware)
- Azure DevOps pipeline experience
- OAuth2, JWT, CORS/CSRF, rate-limiting, and backend security experience
- Docker + containerization
- Experience in multi-tenant SaaS architecture
- Experience integrating AI/ML workflows into cloud based software