AI Backend Engineer

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🕒 February 23

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Silver.dev

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1 - 10 employees

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Silver. dev is a company dedicated to helping remote engineers find jobs at American tech startups. Founded by engineers for engineers, Silver. dev focuses on advocating for talented individuals by offering direct positions with startups, not acting as a middleman. The company supports a wide range of job seekers, from entry-level to those seeking top-of-market salaries, and provides resources and interview preparation to help candidates succeed. Silver. dev values mission and authenticity, sharing insights through its podcast, "Tecnología Informal. " They also offer services like English coaching and career leveling resources through SilverEd.

📋 Description

• Own the AI Pipeline • Design and optimize our multi-agent orchestration system • Implement parallelization and streaming to dramatically reduce response latency • Build robust prompt management with versioning and A/B testing capabilities • Build RAG Systems • Design retrieval-augmented generation for accurate, contextual responses • Work with vector databases, embeddings, and relevance scoring • Optimize for both speed and accuracy at scale • Develop Production APIs • Build developer-friendly APIs connecting our AI capabilities to the frontend • Design for future integrations with CRMs and advisor tools • Implement proper authentication, rate limiting, and documentation • Shape the Foundation • Establish code review practices and testing standards • Document architecture decisions for future team members • Contribute to technical patents and IP development

🎯 Requirements

• 4+ years production Python experience (async patterns, type hints) • Hands-on experience with LLM APIs (OpenAI, Anthropic, or similar) • Strong understanding of prompt engineering and multi-step LLM workflows • Production API development experience (FastAPI or similar) • Strong SQL and PostgreSQL skills • Great to Have: Experience with RAG systems and vector databases (Pinecone, Weaviate, pgvector) • Streaming/real-time implementation experience (SSE, WebSockets) • TypeScript/JavaScript familiarity • FinTech or regulated industry background

🏖️ Benefits

• Equity: Meaningful early-stage grant with 4-year vesting • Equipment: Professional Laptop ready to work with AI provided + stipend for remote work when 6 month mark is met • Time Off: Flexible PTO with a minimum 15 days encouraged • Learning: $1,000 annual professional development budget • Schedule: Flexible hours with 3-4 hours daily overlap (Americas timezones)