GenAI Backend Engineer - Hybrid (Waltham)

ERGO NEXT Insurance; Waltham (MA); Hybrid; USD 152,000 - 206,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical plan

Fully subsidized vision/dental options

Life insurance

Disability insurance

401(k)

Flexible paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

ERGO NEXT Insurance in Waltham, MA is looking for an AI Engineer to design and scale AI-driven capabilities. This hybrid position focuses on developing backend systems and integrating ML models into production, ensuring performance and reliability.

The ideal candidate has strong backend engineering skills and experience in high-performance systems. ERGO NEXT offers a competitive salary range between $152,000 to $206,000 annually plus performance-based incentives and comprehensive benefits.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of backend engineering experience in Python, Go, Java or similar.
• Familiarity with evaluating model performance using metrics.
• Proven experience building high performance or distributed systems.
• 2+ years of hands on experience integrating ML or LLM models into production.
• Strong understanding of cloud infrastructure, microservices and observability.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement and optimize backend services that support AI workflows.
• Integrate ML and LLM models into production systems with focus on performance, reliability and scalability.
• Building and owning AI features end to end.
• Diagnose complex issues across data pipelines, model serving and backend components.
• Collaborate with product and cross‑functional teams to refine requirements.

Skills

Backend engineering experience

Python

Go

Java

Model performance evaluation

Cloud infrastructure

Microservices

Strong communication skills

Job description

ERGO NEXT Insurance in Waltham, MA is looking for an AI Engineer to design and scale AI-driven capabilities. This hybrid position focuses on developing backend systems and integrating ML models into production, ensuring performance and reliability.

The ideal candidate has strong backend engineering skills and experience in high-performance systems. ERGO NEXT offers a competitive salary range between $152,000 to $206,000 annually plus performance-based incentives and comprehensive benefits.