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The Wake-Up Call: Why I Decided to Become an AI Backend Engineer
Community description: A year ago, I was the senior engineer on the team. Today, a junior with Copilot can match my output...
Dev.to | Sep 13, 2026 | Sham Prakash K
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I like distributed systems, API design, Java, production backend work. Every backend engineer uses Copilot or Claude Code. Most AI engineers don't have the production systems background. Upcoming articles covering: Tokens, embeddings, RAG pipelines, Spring AI internals, AI agents, MCP servers in Java, observability, and production guardrails. Sham Prakash K — Backend Engineer, 4+ years in Java, Spring Boot, and distributed systems.
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