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# Backend Engineer

- **Company:** ActAI Inc
- **Location:** Austin, TX, United States (Remote available)
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, Software Debugging, Distributed Systems, Python (Programming Language), Node.Js, NoSQL, Open Source Technology, Standard Sql, Data Logging, Pytorch, Large Language Models, Backend, Kubernetes, Docker
- **Published:** September 10, 2026
- **Apply:** https://portal.procomservices.com/jobs?jobId=cf5e0544-74c5-45b8-8845-7094ee79be09

## About the Role

* Strong backend engineering fundamentals in production environments.
 * Experience running high-throughput, low-latency services.
 * Familiarity with AI inference patterns (LLMs, embeddings, multimodal).
 * Comfortable debugging distributed systems under load.
 * Bias toward shipping and learning from production behavior.

Nice-to-Have Skills:

 * Experience with Python and NodeJs.
 * Familiarity with Pytorch and open-source LLMs.
 * Knowledge of SQL & noSQL databases.
 * Experience with Kubernetes and Docker.
 * Strong communication and teamwork skills.

## Description

As a Backend Engineer, AI, you will be responsible for owning the inference and orchestration layer that powers every AI interaction in the product. You will build and operate production systems that turn model capability into fast, stable, observable APIs used across mobile and desktop clients., * Build and operate backend systems that serve AI-powered features in production.

 * Design inference pipelines, orchestration layers, and service boundaries around models.
 * Own production concerns: monitoring, logging, alerting, and incident response.
 * Optimize latency and throughput across inference, caching, batching, and streaming.


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