AI Backend Engineer

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🏄 California – Remote

🏄 California – Remote

💵 $140k - $200k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

🔙 Backend Engineer

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Parallel Partners

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1 - 10 employees

Parallel Partners / Next Step Systems specializes in the recruitment of information technology personnel for direct hire positions in the financial services and trading industries. Our clients include International Hedge Funds, Proprietary Trading Firms, Investment Banks, On-line Brokerages, Market Data Providers, Start-up Trading Firms, Trading Software Product Vendors and many others. Established in 1995, Parallel Partners is headquartered in Chicago and handles searches nationwide. We work with the Fortune 500 as well as emerging technology firms. 90% of our business is repeat business.

📋 Description

• Build and operate backend systems that serve AI-powered insurance workflows in production. • Design and implement AI orchestration layers that connect models, APIs, workflows, and business logic. • Build inference pipelines for LLM-based and AI-assisted automation systems. • Optimize latency, throughput, and cost across AI services (caching, batching, streaming, routing). • Design stable service boundaries between backend systems, ML components, and product APIs. • Implement observability: logging, metrics, tracing, alerting, and incident response workflows. • Debug production issues across distributed AI systems and resolve root causes. • Collaborate closely with frontend, product, operations, and ML teams to ship end-to-end features. • Continuously improve system reliability, scalability, and performance.

🎯 Requirements

• Strong backend engineering experience in production systems. • Experience building or operating high-throughput, low-latency services. • Familiarity with AI Systems (LLMs, Embeddings, or AI Workflows). • Experience with distributed systems and production debugging. • Strong understanding of APIs, data flows, and system design principles. • Experience with observability tools (logging, monitoring, tracing). • Strong ownership mindset and bias toward shipping. • Comfortable working in fast-paced, globally distributed teams.

🏖️ Benefits

• medical insurance • Dental • Vision • Savings Plan Options • PTO