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AI Backend Engineer

San Francisco (HQ)💼 Full-time🗓 2026-09-23 → 2026-09-28

Core

Design and ship backend services that ingest messy real-world data, orchestrate multimodal agent workflows, and deliver reliable outcomes at scale for Fortune 500 enterprises.

Role type

Senior IC backend + applied AI engineer

Builds

Core backend infrastructure, AI orchestration pipelines, and production-grade features for enterprise agents

Domain

Enterprise AI, distributed systems, multimodal agents

Required skills

backend engineering, distributed systems design, AI orchestration, API design, data modeling, security patterns, observability, performance optimization

Preferred skills

experience with LLMs and multimodal agents, AI tooling (Cursor, Copilot), building evals and regression tests, rapid prototyping

Technologies

LLMs, multimodal agents, orchestration protocols, Python, Go, Kubernetes, vector databases

Responsibilities

Design and deploy backend services for data ingestion and storage; implement resilient AI orchestration pipelines with guardrails; build systems that scale from 0 to 100; enforce enterprise-grade security and tenant isolation; collaborate across product and infrastructure teams

Seniority

Mid-level (1-3 years) to Senior, hands-on IC

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