Senior AI Engineer - Scalable Backend & LLM Systems

TRACTIAN; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Premium Medical/Dental/Vision

PTO 15 Days

401(k) Retirement Plan

Wellhub Membership

Sports Incentive

World-wide trip after 4 years

Job summary

TRACTIAN is seeking an AI Engineer to join the Software Team. You’ll help organize projects, coordinate with developers and product teams, and support deployments across backend architecture, RAG applications, and cloud infrastructure.

Ideal candidates have 5+ years in backend design, experience with TypeScript/Golang, microservices, and LLM-enabled systems. The role emphasizes cross-functional collaboration and delivering robust, scalable platforms.

Qualifications

• Experience designing scalable backend systems and APIs.
• Strong grasp of microservices, cloud infra, and data stores.
• Proficient in TypeScript and Golang with comprehensive testing expertise.
• Hands-on with LLM applications, RAG, and prompt/API integrations.
• Familiarity with CI/CD, IaC, and observability tools (Datadog, Grafana).

Responsibilities

• Contribute to planning and execution of software projects with quality delivery.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams and share knowledge.
• Influence backend architecture, scalability, and infrastructure decisions.
• Coordinate across departments for smooth project execution.
• Streamline processes to improve team efficiency.
• Support deployments and maintain system performance.

Skills

Backend design

API architecture

DDD architecture

Microservices

TypeScript

Golang

Unit/E2E testing

Cypress

Playwright

k6

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD

IaC

Datadog

Grafana

LLM applications

RAG

OpenAI

Anthropic

Gemini

PyTorch

Quantization

Model distillation

pgvector

Weaviate

Pinecone

LLM stacks

Education

B.S. in CS/Engineering

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

Datadog

Grafana

OpenAI API

Anthropic API

Gemini API

Job description

TRACTIAN is seeking an AI Engineer to join the Software Team. You’ll help organize projects, coordinate with developers and product teams, and support deployments across backend architecture, RAG applications, and cloud infrastructure.

Ideal candidates have 5+ years in backend design, experience with TypeScript/Golang, microservices, and LLM-enabled systems. The role emphasizes cross-functional collaboration and delivering robust, scalable platforms.