Backend Engineer – LLM Integration

About the Position

Backend Engineer – LLM Integration

We are seeking a skilled Backend Engineer – LLM Integration to join our team in Munich, Germany. This role focuses on AI/ML and the automotive industry, integrating large-language-model capabilities into vehicles equipped with the MIB3 infotainment system.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain FastAPI microservices that orchestrate LLM calls, tool use, and agentic workflows using LangChain / LangGraph.
• Implement Kafka producers and consumers for real-time voice session data, telemetry, and event-driven AI triggers.
• Integrate with Azure OpenAI endpoints via LiteLLM abstraction; manage prompt versioning and A/B routing.
• Write unit, integration, and contract tests (pytest, Pact); maintain coverage and quality gates in Azure DevOps.
• Containerise services with Docker; deploy and operate on AKS; contribute to Helm chart and Terraform configuration.
• Participate in code reviews with Audi engineers and contribute to joint architectural decisions.
• Monitor service health using Azure Monitor / Application Insights; triage and resolve production incidents.
• Document APIs (OpenAPI) and maintain ADR entries for significant implementation decisions.

Requirements

• Must have

  • 3+ years professional Python development, including production web services.
  • Experience with FastAPI (or Flask/Django) for REST API design.
  • Familiarity with at least one LLM orchestration framework: LangChain, LangGraph, or LiteLLM.
  • Apache Kafka - producer/consumer implementation; at-least-once vs exactly-once semantics.
  • Docker and Kubernetes basics (deployment manifests, service configuration).
  • English B2 or above.

• Nice to have

  • Azure services: AKS, Azure OpenAI, Managed Identity, CosmosDB.
  • Terraform or Bicep for infrastructure-as-code.
  • Automotive domain or OEM project experience.
  • Async Python patterns (asyncio, aiohttp).
  • German language skills.

We Offer

• Competitive salary
• Relocation friendly
• Opportunity to work in a cutting-edge AI/ML and automotive industry project

About the Company

DXC Luxoft serves as the end-to-end delivery partner, collaborating closely with the client’s engineers within a joint product team on the Azure platform (AKS, Azure OpenAI, Managed Identity, Azure Monitor, Azure DevOps).