Backend Developer
Builds the backend for AcordAI, an AI-powered insurance automation platform: Python/FastAPI APIs, PostgreSQL schemas, document/PDF/OCR processing, policy-comparison workflows, and LLM-assisted automation, deployed with Docker and Redis on AWS.
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- visakhapatnam, India
- Work setup
- Not specified
- Seniority
- Not specified
- Employment
- Not specified
- Experience
- Not specified
- Category
- Backend
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- Strong Python backend development experience
- Hands-on experience with FastAPI, Flask, Django, or similar frameworks
- Strong knowledge of REST APIs and API design
- Experience with PostgreSQL / SQLAlchemy / Alembic
- Experience with Docker and containerized development
- Experience with background jobs, queues, Redis, or async processing
- AWS deployment understanding
- Understanding of file uploads, PDF processing, and document workflows
- Knowledge of authentication, authorization, JWT, OAuth, or role-based access control
- Experience writing unit tests and API tests
- Strong debugging and problem-solving ability
- Integration experience with Microsoft 365 / Outlook / third-party APIs
- Ability to convert product requirements into backend architecture
Nice to have
- 3+ years of backend development experience
- Experience with OCR tools (Tesseract, AWS Textract, Azure Document Intelligence, Google Document AI)
- Experience with LLM APIs (OpenAI, Azure OpenAI, Anthropic)
- Experience with vector databases or semantic search
- Experience with insurance, ACORD forms, policy documents, claims, underwriting, or agency workflows
- Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines and production deployment
- Experience building SaaS platforms
- Startup or SaaS product experience
- Insurance domain experience
Full description
**Job Description: Backend Developer — AcordAI
About AcordAI
AcordAI is an AI-powered insurance automation platform focused on policy checking, ACORD form
processing, document comparison, and insurance workflow automation. The platform helps insurance
agencies compare declaration pages, identify missing or mismatched policy details, process ACORD forms,
generate review summaries, and automate follow-up actions.
We are looking for a Backend Developer who can build reliable APIs, document-processing workflows,
database models, and AI-assisted automation services for the AcordAI platform.
Role Overview
The Backend Developer will be responsible for building the core backend services that power Acord AI’s
policy checking, document parsing, comparison engine, workflow automation, and integrations. This role
requires strong hands-on backend development experience with Python, APIs, databases, cloud services,
and production-ready system design.
Requirements
**Key Responsibilities
Build and maintain backend APIs using Python, FastAPI, or similar frameworks.
Design backend services for policy document upload, processing, comparison, and validation.
Develop workflows for comparing previous-year and current-year insurance declaration pages.
Implement checklist-based mismatch detection for policy review.
Build database schemas for users, clients, policies, documents, checklists, review status, audit logs,
and workflow history.
Integrate OCR, PDF parsing, document extraction, and LLM-based processing where required.
Create secure APIs for frontend dashboards, admin panels, and workflow modules.
Work with PostgreSQL
Build integrations with third-party systems, email services, document storage, and future AMS/CRM
systems.
Implement authentication, authorization, role-based access, and data security controls.
Write clean, testable, maintainable backend code.
Support deployment, debugging, logging, monitoring, and production issue resolution.
Collaborate with frontend, AI, product, and QA teams to deliver working features.
**Required Skills