AI-Powered Backend Engineer: Agents & LLM Orchestration

Nutanix; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Nutanix is seeking a software engineer based in Santa Clara, California, to develop AI-powered product features. The role requires building backend services and APIs, implementing LLM workflows, and collaborating with product managers and designers.

The ideal candidate will have 3-5 years of experience, strong skills in Python and another programming language, and hands-on experience with NLP and ML features. Nutanix emphasizes a product mindset focused on real-world impact and usability.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of professional software engineering experience.
• Strong experience building backend or full-stack applications.
• Proficiency in Python and at least one other language (Java, Go, or TypeScript).
• Hands-on experience integrating LLMs, NLP, or ML-powered features.

Responsibilities

• Build and ship AI-powered product features using LLMs, NLP, and agent-based workflows.
• Develop backend services and APIs that support model inference, orchestration, and tool execution.
• Implement LLM workflows, including pipelines, retrieval (RAG) systems, and goal-oriented agent behaviors.

Skills

Backend applications

Full-stack applications

Python

Java

Go

TypeScript

NLP

Machine Learning

APIs

Distributed systems

Job description

Nutanix is seeking a software engineer based in Santa Clara, California, to develop AI-powered product features. The role requires building backend services and APIs, implementing LLM workflows, and collaborating with product managers and designers.

The ideal candidate will have 3-5 years of experience, strong skills in Python and another programming language, and hands-on experience with NLP and ML features. Nutanix emphasizes a product mindset focused on real-world impact and usability.