Senior AI/ML Backend Engineer — LLM Agents & Cloud APIs

Zohorecruit; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Artos in San Francisco (Mission Bay) is seeking an experienced backend engineer to design and scale AI-powered services. You will build APIs with Python frameworks, deploy containerized apps in AWS/GCP/Azure, and implement CI/CD pipelines.

The role emphasizes hands-on work with LLM-based applications, multi-step workflows, and prompt engineering to ship production-ready features. Ideal candidates have 3+ years of software development experience, a strong CS foundation, and comfort working in a

Qualifications

• Design and maintain scalable production-grade backend systems for AI apps.
• Orchestrate and evaluate LLM-based agents and chained workflows.
• Debug LLM-driven systems across model output, API, and logic.
• Conduct rapid experimentation and translate findings to production.
• Stay current with emerging AI models, practices, and tooling.
• Communicate clearly with technical and non-technical collaborators.
• Work effectively in a fast-paced startup environment.

Skills

Python

FastAPI

Django

AI/ML

API design

Cloud deployment

CI/CD

Infra-as-Code

Secure coding

LLM workflows

Prompt engineering

RAG pipelines

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

Tools

GitHub Actions

AWS

GCP

Azure

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

Pulumi

OpenAI API

Anthropic

Job description

Artos in San Francisco (Mission Bay) is seeking an experienced backend engineer to design and scale AI-powered services. You will build APIs with Python frameworks, deploy containerized apps in AWS/GCP/Azure, and implement CI/CD pipelines.

The role emphasizes hands-on work with LLM-based applications, multi-step workflows, and prompt engineering to ship production-ready features. Ideal candidates have 3+ years of software development experience, a strong CS foundation, and comfort working in a