Infrastructure / Backend Engineer (AI Agents)

ANTS TECHNOLOGY, INC
New York, NY, United States
about 2 months ago
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Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Experienced
Experience required
4 years minimum
Compensation
$180,000.0 - $320,000.0
Working hours
Regular working hours
Job source

Tech stack

JavaScript (Programming Language) Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) Artificial Intelligence Amazon Web Services Applications Architecture Software Applications Microsoft Azure Programming Tools Design of User Interfaces Python (Programming Language) Open Source Technology Next.js
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Software Engineering TypeScript Web Applications Delivery Pipeline Large Language Models Backend Build Management Free and Open-Source Software GPT

Job description

We’re hiring an experienced Infrastructure / Backend Engineer to build scalable backend systems, AI agents, and developer infrastructure powering next-generation AI applications.

This is an opportunity to work on cutting-edge AI products in a fast-paced engineering environment with high ownership and technical impact.

What You’ll Do

  • Design and build production-ready AI agents for real-world automation.
  • Develop scalable backend services and APIs.
  • Build infrastructure for AI applications, including orchestration, observability, and deployment pipelines.
  • Collaborate closely with engineering and product teams to rapidly deliver new features.
  • Improve developer tooling and internal platforms.
  • Evaluate and integrate the latest AI models into production systems.

Requirements

Must Have

  • 4+ years of software engineering experience.
  • Experience shipping production AI agents or AI-powered applications.
  • Strong understanding of modern AI models such as GPT-4/4o, Claude, Gemini, or open-source LLMs.
  • Strong TypeScript/JavaScript and Python skills.
  • Experience building modern web applications and backend services.
  • Solid understanding of AI application architecture and LLM integration.
  • Excellent problem-solving and communication skills.
  • Comfortable working in a fast-moving startup environment.

Nice to Have

  • Open-source contributions.
  • Experience with AI frameworks such as LangGraph, LangChain, Vercel AI SDK, or similar.
  • Experience with AWS, GCP, or Azure.
  • UI/UX, product design, or technical writing experience.

Benefits & conditions

What You’ll Get

  • Competitive salary and equity.
  • Opportunity to work on production AI products.
  • High ownership and autonomy.
  • Collaborative, engineering-first culture.
  • Excellent career growth in one of the fastest-growing areas of software engineering.

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