Lead Backend Engineer – AI

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Remote / $175000 - $210000 annum

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Salary

SALARY:

$175000 - $210000

Location

LOCATION

Remote

Job Type
JOB TYPE

Permanent

Lead Backend Engineer - AI Services

The Role

We are looking for a Lead Backend Engineer to help bring AI/ML capabilities from prototype to production within an established SaaS platform.

This is a hands-on technical leadership role, not an engineering management or research position. You'll work closely with Data Science to build scalable backend services, make architectural decisions, and integrate AI into customer-facing products.

What You'll Do

  • Build and evolve backend services across an established SaaS platform.
  • Integrate LLMs, RAG, model serving, predictions, and scoring into production products.
  • Partner with Data Science to take models and POCs from prototype through production.
  • Design reusable infrastructure and patterns for AI development.
  • Lead projects from architecture through delivery.
  • Make build vs. buy and broader architectural decisions.
  • Improve scalability, reliability, security, and maintainability.
  • Communicate technical decisions and tradeoffs to senior leadership.

What We're Looking For

  • 15+ years of software engineering experience
  • Strong server-side Java and backend engineering experience.
  • Experience integrating AI/ML into commercial or customer-facing products.
  • Proven experience taking projects from prototype to production.
  • Strong architecture and system design skills.
  • Experience working within and modernizing existing production platforms.
  • Linux and cloud experience across AWS, Azure, or GCP.
  • Strong engineering fundamentals including testing, CI/CD, monitoring, and security.
  • Basic SQL and experience with data-centric platforms.
  • Excellent communication and technical leadership skills.

AI/ML Experience

Experience with several of the following:

  • Python / FastAPI
  • MLflow
  • LangChain or similar frameworks
  • Vector databases / RAG
  • LLM APIs
  • Model serving
  • ML pipelines
  • Prompt engineering / agentic workflows

Ideal Background

You'll be a strong fit if you have deep Java backend experience, have successfully put AI/ML into production, and enjoy working closely with Data Science to solve complex technical problems.

Experience with analytics, BI, decision-support applications, or healthcare is a plus.

100% Remote | U.S. Work Authorization Required

Compensation: $175,000-$210,000

CONTACT

Calum Reid

Senior Manager

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