Staff AI Systems Engineer: Production Backend for Agent AI

Federato; United States; Remote; USD 215,000 - 250,000; Full time

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Job summary

Federato is seeking an Software Engineer, AI Systems to build the backend architecture behind our agent systems. This role sits at the intersection of software engineering, data infrastructure, and applied AI, powering LLM-driven capabilities across underwriting workflows.

You’ll own experimentation and production implementation in a fast-paced, high-impact environment. You will collaborate with product managers, designers, and engineers to design systems that orchestrate AI-powered features,

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in backend engineering, data engineering, or related roles.
• Strong experience building production backend systems and APIs.
• Professional experience working with LLMs, agent systems, or generative AI applications.
• Hands-on experience with prompt design, tool-based agent architectures, or LLM workflows.
• Proficiency in Python or similar backend languages.
• Experience working with cloud infrastructure and distributed systems.
• Comfort working across layers of the stack, from infrastructure to product integration.
• Strong curiosity about emerging AI architectures and agent patterns.
• Comfortable navigating ambiguity and working in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement agent workflows and orchestration systems for AI-powered product features.
• Build backend services that integrate LLMs with structured insurance data and platform APIs.
• Develop infrastructure for tooling, context management, and agent execution.
• Contribute to internal frameworks supporting prompt iteration, evaluation, and observability.
• Partner with product and design to translate underwriting workflows into AI-enabled product experiences.
• Help define architectural patterns for building reliable AI-native features in production.
• Work across backend systems, data infrastructure, and product integrations to ship user-facing capabilities.

Skills

Backend engineering

Data engineering

LLMs

Agent systems

Python

Cloud infra

Distributed systems

Prompt design

Systems design

Tools

TypeScript

LLM tooling

Job description

Federato is seeking an Software Engineer, AI Systems to build the backend architecture behind our agent systems. This role sits at the intersection of software engineering, data infrastructure, and applied AI, powering LLM-driven capabilities across underwriting workflows.

You’ll own experimentation and production implementation in a fast-paced, high-impact environment. You will collaborate with product managers, designers, and engineers to design systems that orchestrate AI-powered features,