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Lead Python AI Engineer

USAFull-time$65k–$102k2026-10-18 → 2026-11-09

Core

Build robust, AI-powered API services and agentic workflows connecting traditional backend systems with modern language models, vector databases, and external tools.

Role type

Lead Python AI Engineer (Backend)

Builds

Scalable backend API services, LLM orchestration layers, and RAG pipelines

Domain

Cloud-native backend engineering with Large Language Models (LLMs)

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Python, Microservices, AWS, Docker, ECS/EKS, RESTful APIs, Secure coding, Authentication/Authorization, Agent frameworks (LangChain, LlamaIndex, LangGraph), AI SDKs (OpenAI, Anthropic, AWS Bedrock), Vector databases, Embedding strategies, Retrieval systems

Preferred skills

React, TypeScript, EKS scaling, Agent interoperability (MCP), Identity/Security models (IAM, CIAM), Java, Node.js, Go

Technologies

AWS, OpenSearch, Docker, LangChain, LangGraph, LangSmith, Langfuse, Arize, Amazon Kendra, MCP, RAG

Responsibilities

Own API contracts and service reliability end-to-end; Integrate language models with evaluation and observability; Create reusable orchestration frameworks; Design and build scalable backend API services and LLM orchestration layers; Develop and maintain complex RAG pipelines; Develop and connect agent tools; Ensure enterprise-grade security and observability; Contribute to architecture decisions

Seniority

Lead, hands-on IC with architectural contribution