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# AI Application Engineer

- **Company:** LTD Global
- **Location:** Long Beach, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $170,000.0 - $200,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** JavaScript (Programming Language), Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, Application Performance Management, Software Quality, Continuous Integration, Software Debugging, Programming Tools, Distributed Systems, Microsoft Message Queuing, Node.Js, RabbitMQ, Software Construction, Software Engineering, TypeScript, Web Applications, ReactJS, Large Language Models, Concurrency, Caching, Backend, Event Driven Architecture, Kubernetes, Low Latency, Apache Kafka, Graphql, Video Streaming, Restful APIs, Microservices
- **Published:** September 28, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.juju.com/job/16_bb6cb69f

## About the Role

* 7+ years of professional software engineering experience with significant full-stack development experience.
 * Strong hands-on experience with React.
 * Strong backend development experience with Node.js.
 * Advanced knowledge of TypeScript and modern JavaScript.
 * Strong experience designing and developing RESTful APIs and distributed services.
 * Experience building low-latency, high-throughput APIs.
 * Strong understanding of event-driven architecture and asynchronous processing.
 * Experience with messaging/event-streaming technologies such as Kafka, AWS SQS/SNS, RabbitMQ, or similar.
 * Experience designing scalable, distributed systems and microservices.
 * Strong understanding of API performance, caching, concurrency, resiliency, and scalability.
 * Professional experience working on e-commerce systems or platforms.
 * Familiarity with e-commerce domains such as product catalog, inventory, pricing, shopping cart, checkout, orders, payments, customers, or fulfillment.
 * Strong understanding of software engineering best practices, testing, code quality, and CI/CD.
 * Familiarity with spec-driven development or contract-first approaches to software development.
 * Experience using modern AI-assisted development tools and workflows.
 * Understanding of AI agents, tool calling, LLM integrations, and agent orchestration.
 * Familiarity with Model Context Protocol (MCP) and how it can connect AI agents to tools and data.

Nice to Have Skills

 * Experience with GraphQL.
 * Experience with Kafka at scale.
 * Experience with Kubernetes.

Soft Skills

 * Strong problem-solving and debugging skills
 * Ability to work independently and take ownership of projects
 * Strong communication skills.
 * Process ownership

## Description

We are looking for a AI Application Engineer with strong hands-on experience building modern web applications using React, Node.js, and TypeScript. The ideal candidate has a strong background in e-commerce platforms, event-driven architectures, and the development of high-performance, low-latency APIs.

This role will contribute to AI-driven software development initiatives, including AI agents, Model Context Protocol (MCP), and AI-assisted development workflows. Candidates should understand how these technologies work and be comfortable applying them to real-world software engineering problems.


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