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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Staff Backend AI Engineer, Remote - **Company:** Experian plc - **Location:** United States (Remote available) - **Experience:** Experienced - **Salary:** $115,747.0 - $208,344.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Amazon Cloudfront, Amazon S3, Cloud Engineering, Code Coverage, Software Quality, Code Review, Database Queries, Distributed Systems, Amazon DynamoDB, Elasticsearch, Fault Tolerance, Github, Python (Programming Language), PostgreSQL, Online Transaction Processing, Query Optimization, Redis, Software Engineering, User-Centered Design, Datadog, Data Logging, System Availability, Multi-Agent Systems, Caching, Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), Backend, Fastapi, Event Driven Architecture, Amazon Relational Database Service, Containerization, Information Technology, AWS Fargate, Apache Kafka, Non-relational Database, Cloudwatch, Api Gateway, Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS), Terraform, Dynatrace, Docker, Jenkins, Microservices - **Published:** August 20, 2026 - **Apply:** https://jobs.smartrecruiters.com/Experian/744000144164359-staff-backend-ai-engineer-remote ## About the Role * B.S. or M.S. degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical discipline * 8+ years of professional software engineering experience, including 3+ years in a staff-level, principal, or equivalent technical leadership role. * 4+ years of hands-on experience building and operating production services on AWS - with deep familiarity across compute (ECS/Fargate, EKS, Lambda), storage (S3, RDS, DynamoDB), messaging (SQS, Kafka), and networking (VPC, API Gateway, CloudFront). * 2+ years of professional Python development with command of async patterns (asyncio, FastAPI, Pydantic); 2+ years of Go in production microservices. * Demonstrated experience architecting and operating large-scale transactional systems (high-volume OLTP, event-driven architectures, distributed caches, saga/outbox patterns). * Hands-on experience building agentic AI systems - including agent orchestration, tool/function calling, RAG pipelines, and LLM integration patterns. * Command of relational and non-relational databases (PostgreSQL, Aurora, DynamoDB, Redis, or ElasticSearch) with experience with query optimization and schema design at scale. * Proficiency with containerization and infrastructure-as-code (Docker, Terraform, CDK, or Helm). * Experience with observability tooling: Datadog, OpenTelemetry, CloudWatch, or equivalents. * Experience owning and evolving CI/CD pipelines using tools like Jenkins, GitHub Actions or Harness. * Experience integrating async messaging systems (Kafka, SQS) and designing event-driven architectures. * Experience mentoring engineers and driving company level improvements in engineering culture, quality, and velocity. ## Description We are looking for a Staff Software Engineer to lead the delivery of high-throughput, large-scale transactional systems and agentic AI applications. You will serve as a technical anchor across engineering squads - setting the bar for code quality, cloud architecture, and engineering excellence while mentoring the next generation of engineers. You will report to the Sr. Principal Engineer., * Architect, build, and own services for large-scale transactional platforms - ensuring high availability, fault tolerance, and sub-second performance at millions of transactions per second. * Lead the end-to-end design of agentic AI workflows using orchestration frameworks, such as LangGraph, AutoGen, and CrewAI. Implement these workflows using tool-calling patterns and multi-agent coordination on AWS. * Write production-grade Python and Go services; establish language-specific idioms, patterns, and performance baselines adopted across engineering teams. * Design and govern AWS-native infrastructure (ECS, EKS, Lambda, MSK, RDS Aurora, DynamoDB, SageMaker, or EventBridge) - ensuring solutions align with the AWS Well-Architected Framework. * Establish engineering standards: code review practices, test coverage requirements, CI/CD pipelines, and observability instrumentation (distributed tracing, structured logging, alerting). * Conduct and lead technical design reviews for new services, integrations, and platform changes; produce high-quality architecture decision records (ADRs) and technical specs. * Resolve performance bottlenecks in distributed systems, including database query optimization, caching strategies, and async processing patterns. * Guide proof-of-concept (PoC) work for new technologies and evaluate their production readiness; present recommendations to engineering leadership. * Mentor and level up senior and mid-level engineers through structured code reviews, pairing sessions, and technical coaching. * Contribute to on-call rotations, incident response, and post-mortem processes to guide systemic reliability improvements. ## Related Videos - [Reducing LLM Calls with Vector Search Patterns - Raphael De Lio (Redis)](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1714-reducing-llm-calls-with-vector-search-patterns-raphael-de-lio-redis) - [Docker Compose: Rediscovered](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1978-docker-compose-rediscovered) - [Innovating Developer Tools with AI: Insights from GitHub Next](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1268-innovating-developer-tools-with-ai-insights-from-github-next) - [Shipping Faster with Less: Render on Cloud Hosting, AI Workloads, and the Future of DevOps](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1894-shipping-faster-with-less-render-on-cloud-hosting-ai-workloads-and-the-future-of-devops) - [Accelerating Authentication Architecture: Taking Passwordless to the Next Level](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/733-accelerating-authentication-architecture-taking-passwordless-to-the-next-level) - [Postgres in the Age of AI (and Devin)](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1042-postgres-in-the-age-of-ai-and-devin) ## Related Articles - [Fully Remote Software Engineer Jobs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/447-fully-remote-software-engineer-jobs) - [Highest Paying Tech Companies for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/220-highest-paying-tech-companies-for-developers) - [How to Become an AI Engineer](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/331-how-to-become-an-ai-engineer) - [Navigating the AI Shift](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/629-navigating-the-ai-shift) - [Top-Paying Tech Jobs (with Salaries)](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/372-top-paying-tech-jobs-with-salaries) - [Is Software Engineering Over-Saturated?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/418-is-software-engineering-over-saturated)