Production AI Systems Engineer — Client-Embedded

Elios AI; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Elios AI in Austin, TX, is hiring Forward Deployed Engineers to build and deploy AI systems in real-world environments. This client-embedded role requires turning ambiguous problems into production-ready solutions that integrate LLMs, data infrastructure, and operational workflows.

You will ship systems used by real users, design multi-step agent workflows, and collaborate with stakeholders to translate business needs into technical specifications.

Qualifications

• 3–8+ years of software engineering experience.
• Strong Python and/or TypeScript proficiency.
• Experience building distributed systems and APIs.
• Experience with data pipelines and cloud deployments.

Responsibilities

• Design and deploy production AI systems for clients.
• Build agent-based, LLM-powered applications and workflows.
• Develop evaluation pipelines for non-deterministic outputs.
• Create scalable data pipelines and data models.
• Implement CI/CD for models, prompts, and services.
• Collaborate with stakeholders in client environments.

Skills

Python

TypeScript

Distributed systems

APIs

Tools

Airflow

Kafka

Docker

Kubernetes

Databricks

Job description

Elios AI in Austin, TX, is hiring Forward Deployed Engineers to build and deploy AI systems in real-world environments. This client-embedded role requires turning ambiguous problems into production-ready solutions that integrate LLMs, data infrastructure, and operational workflows.

You will ship systems used by real users, design multi-step agent workflows, and collaborate with stakeholders to translate business needs into technical specifications.