Backend Engineer (AI, Agent systems)

Digital Waffle

AI EngineermidremotefulltimeSoftware Development, Technology, Information and Media, and Artificial IntelligencePythonNode.jsPyTorchLLMsSQLNoSQLKubernetesDockerposted
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We're looking for an experienced AI Engineer to build systems bringing intelligence to everyday organisation and workflows. Our product emphasises high reliability for long‑running tasks, ongoing context, and task execution. As a Backend Engineer, you will design, build, and operate production systems that transform model capabilities into fast, stable, observable APIs used across mobile and desktop clients. Role: Backend Engineer (AI, Agent Systems) Location: UK based remote working Full Time Role and responsibilities * Creating backend systems which operate reliably at scale, handling AI traffic with low latency * Building APIs that are stable, well‑designed, and integrate seamlessly with frontend systems * Detecting production issues, diagnostics, and resolving issues quickly, minimising user impact * Continuously improving our product based on real usage, increasing performance and reliability over time Focus Are * Backend systems that serve AI‑powered features in production * Inference pipelines, orchestration layers, and service boundaries around models * Production operations including monitoring, logging, alerting, and incident response * Performance optimisation across latency, throughput, caching, batching, and streaming Experience * Strong backend engineering fundamentals in production environments * Familiarity with AI inference patterns (LLMs, embeddings, multimodal systems) * Ability to debug distributed systems under load * A bias toward shipping, learning, and iterating from real production behaviour Tech S tack: * Python * Node.JS * PyTorch * LLMs (commercial and open‑source) * SQL \& NoSQL * Kubernetes * Docker If you are interested to find out more, please apply with your CV today
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