Backend Engineer, AI (Agent Systems)

Protingent

-, WA(remote)

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SKILLS

Aerospace and Defense, Application Programming Interface (API), Artificial Intelligence (AI), Caching, Clean Technologies, Customer Support/Service, Debugging Skills, Desktop PC, Distributed Computing, Docker, High Throughput, Incident Response, Information Technology & Information Systems, Medical Equipment, NoSQL, Node.js, Open Source, Performance Management, Production Control, Production Systems, Python Programming/Scripting Language, SQL (Structured Query Language), System Operations, Systems Reliability, User Interface/Experience (UI/UX)

LOCATION

-, WA

POSTED

3 days ago

Job Title: Backend Engineer, AI (Agent Systems)

Position Description: Protingent Staffing has an exciting direct hire Backend Engineer, AI (Agent Systems)with our client that is fully remote.

Job Description:

As a Backend Engineer, AI, you own the inference and orchestration layer that powers every AI interaction in the product.
Your work sits between models and users, where latency, correctness, reliability, and cost directly impact real-world experience.
You will build and operate production systems that turn model capability into fast, stable, observable APIs used across mobile and desktop clients.

Job Responsibilities:

Build and operate backend systems that serve AI-powered features in production.
Design inference pipelines, orchestration layers, and service boundaries around models.
Own production concerns: monitoring, logging, alerting, and incident response.
Optimize latency and throughput across inference, caching, batching, and streaming
Backend systems run reliably at scale, handling production AI traffic with low latency and high throughput.
APIs are stable, clear, and support seamless integration with frontend and ML systems.
Production incidents are quickly detected, diagnosed, and resolved, minimizing user impact.
Iterative improvements based on real usage continuously increase system performance and reliability.

Job Qualifications:

Strong backend engineering fundamentals in production environments.
Experience running high-throughput, low-latency services.
Familiarity with AI inference patterns (LLMs, embeddings, multimodal).
Comfortable debugging distributed systems under load.
Bias toward shipping and learning from production behavior.

Must Have:

Python
NodeJs
Pytorch
OpenAI / Anthropic / open-source LLMs
SQl & noSQL
Kubernetes
Docker.

Job Details:

Job Type: Direct Hire
Pay Range: Market Rate
Location: Fully Remote.

About Protingent: Protingent is an Award-Winning provider of top-tier Engineering and IT talent, trusted by companies at the forefront of innovation — from Software and Aerospace to AI, Clean Tech, Medical Devices, and Connected Technologies. We’re passionate about making a positive impact by connecting exceptional talent with meaningful opportunities and helping our clients build the future.

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