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Inflection AI · 1 week ago

Member of Technical Staff – Backend (Agentic)

United States

Full-time

Remote

Senior Level

$175K/yr - $350K/yr

5+ years exp

Inflection AI is dedicated to leveraging AI for enhancing human well-being and productivity. As a backend engineer, you will design and implement scalable backend systems and APIs for their conversational AI, collaborating across teams to ensure high reliability and secure delivery of features.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)ChatbotFoundational AIGenerative AIInformation TechnologyMachine Learning

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Design and implement scalable backend systems and APIs that power production LLM experiences, including agentic workflows, memory systems, and tool integrations

Build and operate high-availability infrastructure to support real-time inference, retrieval, and conversation pipelines

Develop internal platforms to improve engineering productivity—CI/CD pipelines, service templates, observability frameworks, and rollout tooling

Collaborate closely with applied research and frontend teams to rapidly prototype, ship, and iterate on end-user features

Ensure systems meet our high bar for security, uptime, and latency through incident response, load testing, monitoring, and automation

Participate in on-call rotations to maintain the reliability of the services you build

Qualification

Backend systems designProduction-grade AI systemsAdvanced LLM developmentPythonCloud technologiesDatabases PostgresDatabases RedisPerformance optimizationIncident responseMonitoringCollaboration

Required

5–10 years of professional software development experience, primarily in cloud environments

A minimum of 2 years developing and deploying production-grade agentic AI systems for real-world users

Familiarity with Databases like postgres and Redis

Strong practical experience with advanced LLM development tools, including RAG pipelines, agent evaluation frameworks, and tools like LangGraph/LangSmith

Deep comprehension of LLM reasoning, multi-agent workflows, and performance optimization strategies

Advanced proficiency in Python and exposure to key cloud technologies: AWS/GCP/Azure, containerization, Kubernetes, and CI/CD pipelines

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering

Benefits

Diverse medical, dental and vision options

401k matching program

Unlimited paid time off

Parental leave and flexibility for all parents and caregivers

Support of country-specific visa needs for international employees living in the Bay Area

Company

Inflection AI

Inflection AI is a public benefit corporation leveraging its world class LLM to build an AI platform focused on the needs of the enterprise.

Founded in 2022

Palo Alto, California, USA

51-200 employees

https://inflection.ai

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