Backend Engineer, AI Orchestration & Systems at Scale

Town; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Town is looking for a foundational backend engineer in San Francisco, CA, to build and scale its AI-native assistant. You'll work on innovative projects that involve LLM infrastructure and agentic systems while influencing architecture decisions directly.

The role is situated in the Financial District, requiring in-person attendance five days a week. Ideal candidates should thrive in fast-paced environments and have experience with AI workloads in production.

Qualifications

• Experience scaling backend systems through high-growth phases.
• Ability to define technical direction in fast-moving environments.
• Familiarity with distributed systems, data pipelines, and APIs.

Responsibilities

• Build orchestration layer for workflows.
• Develop multi-provider LLM infrastructure.
• Design identity and knowledge layer.

Skills

Backend system scaling

Distributed systems

Infrastructure-level problem solving

AI-native coding workflow

LLM infrastructure

Real-time AI workloads

Job description

Town is looking for a foundational backend engineer in San Francisco, CA, to build and scale its AI-native assistant. You'll work on innovative projects that involve LLM infrastructure and agentic systems while influencing architecture decisions directly.

The role is situated in the Financial District, requiring in-person attendance five days a week. Ideal candidates should thrive in fast-paced environments and have experience with AI workloads in production.