Senior & Staff Backend Engineer, AI Systems
Core
Build internal tooling, agent orchestration systems, and evaluation frameworks for AI-native products that enable solo operators to automate complex workflows.
Role type
Senior / Staff Backend Engineer (Applied AI Systems)
Builds
Embedded AI copilot, secure AI agent tooling, orchestration layers, and observability systems for non-deterministic AI behavior.
Domain
Applied AI, Backend Engineering, Distributed Systems
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
Python, modern web frameworks, API design, distributed systems, relational databases, ORMs, system reliability engineering, performance optimization
Preferred skills
LLM-powered feature development, agent workflows, structured outputs, streaming, retrieval systems, AI evaluation frameworks, asynchronous processing, Kubernetes, AWS
Technologies
Python, AWS, Kubernetes, LLM SDKs, Agent Frameworks
Responsibilities
Design and build internal tooling for secure AI system interaction; develop agent orchestration systems with multi-step workflows and retries; improve system reliability via evaluation frameworks and tracing; optimize performance and latency for real-time AI interactions; collaborate across backend, platform, and frontend layers.
Seniority
Senior / Staff, hands-on IC with strategic scope
