AI Workflow & Automation Engineer (Remote - Balkans & Philippines only)

CAKE.com; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

MacBook provided

Remote work

22 vacation days per year

10 sick days per year

Job summary

CAKE.com is seeking an engineer to improve engineering operations by applying AI-driven automation. You’ll blend backend, DevOps, and systems design to connect AI capabilities with internal infrastructure and tooling, delivering practical automated workflows.

You’ll collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify bottlenecks and build scalable workflows, integrating AI models and APIs into our toolchains.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in backend engineering, DevOps, and systems design.
• Practical experience integrating AI models, APIs, and automated workflows into business or engineering processes.
• Experience in an engineering organization of 100+ people, with coordination and process challenges at scale.
• Strong English communication skills, written and verbal.

Responsibilities

• Identify engineering and operational bottlenecks that are good candidates for AI-powered automation.
• Build workflows and agents that address those bottlenecks.
• Integrate AI models and APIs with backend systems, infrastructure, and engineering toolchains.
• Design scalable, dependable automation that helps engineering teams work more efficiently.
• Work directly with cross-functional teams to understand friction points and deploy solutions.

Skills

Backend engineering

DevOps

Systems design

AI integration

Communication in English

Job description

Role overview

Improve engineering operations by finding processes that can be made faster or more reliable with AI. You’ll combine backend, DevOps, and systems design expertise to connect AI capabilities with internal infrastructure and tools, then work with teams to put practical automated workflows into use. The focus is on applied integrations and process improvement rather than building machine-learning models from scratch.

Responsibilities

• Identify engineering and operational bottlenecks that are good candidates for AI-powered automation.


• Build workflows and agents that address those bottlenecks.


• Integrate AI models and APIs with backend systems, infrastructure, and engineering toolchains.


• Design scalable, dependable automation that helps engineering teams work more efficiently.


• Work directly with cross-functional teams to understand friction points and deploy solutions.

Requirements

• At least five years of experience in backend engineering, DevOps, and systems design.


• Practical experience integrating AI models, APIs, and automated workflows into business or engineering processes.


• Experience in an engineering organization of 100 or more people, with an understanding of coordination and process challenges at scale.


• Strong English communication skills, written and verbal.


• Current residence and legal eligibility to work remotely in the Balkans or the Philippines.

Nice to have

• Background in internal tools, platform engineering, or product engineering focused on operational challenges.


• Experience with SaaS products.


• Familiarity with LLM orchestration frameworks, agent workflows, or vector databases.


• Knowledge of CI/CD automation, internal developer platforms, or infrastructure as code.


• Experience helping teams adopt new tools or processes.

Benefits and work setup

• Remote work with a provided MacBook.


• B2B contractor arrangement and 22 vacation days plus 10 sick days annually.


• No overtime, weekend work, or late working hours; in-house learning and technical knowledge-sharing opportunities.