AI Engineer - Backend & Applied AI

OptimizeGEO; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary + bonus

Equity

Health coverage

Remote-first culture

Job summary

OptimizeGEO is seeking a senior independent IC to design and ship backend and AI workflows end to end for the platform, reporting to Head of Engineering. This role is fully remote with a compensation package including fixed salary, bonus, equity, and perks.

You will build and run services behind the platform—APIs, data models, async workflows with Celery, Postgres schema, AWS infra—and drive product thinking with minimal supervision.

Qualifications

• Strong Python and Django skills.
• Experience with Celery or similar async/background systems.
• Shipped real LLM-based features with evaluation and structured outputs.
• Comfort with data-heavy systems and basic statistics.
• Ability to drive work without detailed specs.
• 10+ years of experience.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain backend APIs, data models, and async workflows.
• Develop LLM-driven capabilities, pipelines, evaluation, and citations.
• Scale systems handling millions of records across brands and data sources.
• Push product thinking and measurable outcomes with minimal supervision.
• Own features end-to-end from design to deployment.

Skills

Python

Django

Celery

LLM features

Data-heavy

Ownership

10+ years

Job description

About OptimizeGEO

OptimizeGEO.ai is our flagship product that helps brands stay visible and discoverable in AI-powered answers. Unlike traditional SEO that optimizes for keywords and rankings, OptimizeGEO operationalizes GEO principles ensuring brands are mentioned, cited, and trusted by generative systems (ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, Claude, etc.) and answer engines (featured snippets, voice search, and AI answer boxes).

Founded by industry veterans Kirthiga Reddy (ex-Meta, MD Facebook India) and Saurabh Doshi (ex-Meta, ex-Viacom), Company is backed by Micron Ventures, Better Capital, FalconX, and leading angels including Randi Zuckerberg, Vani Kola and Harsh Jain.

This is a senior independent IC role with real responsibility. You'll design and ship features end to end - backend, AI workflows, data, and the product thinking that goes with them - all on your own without any supervision.

Location: Remote (India, UAE)

Reports to: Head of Engineering

Employment Type: Full-time

Compensation: Competitive; aligned to experience and market benchmarks - Fixed+Bonus+Equity+Perks

Build and run the services behind the platform - APIs, data models, async workflows with Celery, Postgres schema and query work, AWS infra, and the production debugging that comes with all of it.

AI features.

Build LLM-driven capabilities: prompt pipelines, response parsing, evaluation logic, citation and brand-mention analysis. Make AI outputs measurable and reliable, not vibes.

Data at scale.

We process millions of prompt-response records across brands, competitors, and historical runs. You'll design systems that hold up, optimize the slow parts, and catch data-quality issues before they reach the dashboard.

Product translation.

Turn fuzzy product problems into working systems. Write the spec when there isn't one. Push back when a feature isn't measurable or worth building.

Agents - Building AI agents and agentic workflows and fully autonomous agents to deploy end to end workflows for clients.

• Strong Python and Django (or equivalent)
• Celery or similar async/background job systems
• Shipped real LLM-based features - not just API wrappers, but evaluation, structured outputs, prompt iteration
• Comfort with data-heavy systems and basic statistical thinking
• Ability to drive work without detailed specs
• Experience: 10+ years

Nice to have: LLM evaluation frameworks, SEO/search/marketing analytics domain knowledge, ETL pipelines, observability tooling, startup experience.

How we work

We don't track hours, but we expect availability when production breaks or a launch is close. In exchange: meaningful ownership, fast decisions, and the chance to shape a platform that's still early.

If you want to be told exactly what to build, this isn't the role. If you want to own the backend of an AI product and have strong opinions about how it should work, let's talk.

Join a mission-critical team building the future of AI-driven search and discovery. Backend isn't a support function - it's a revenue driver and strategic partner shaping product roadmap and market positioning.

What we offer:

• Competitive salary + performance-based bonus
• Equity in a fast-growing MarTech innovator
• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage
• Flexible PTO and remote-first culture

OptimizeGEO is an equal-opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.