AI Systems & Automation Engineer (Remote)

In this role, your primary focus won’‘t be traditional feature coding or building ML models from scratch. Instead, you will act as a force multiplier across our engineering ecosystem-leveraging AI to automate complex processes, optimize internal workflows, and architect scalable AI-driven integrations.

If you excel at system design, understand backend architecture, and have a track record of applying AI in real-world environments, this is your opportunity to shape how engineering is done at scale.

What You’‘ll Do

• Drive AI Automation: Identify high-impact operational and engineering bottlenecks and build AI-powered automated workflows and agents.
• Bridge Systems & AI: Leverage deep backend and DevOps expertise to seamlessly embed AI capabilities into our internal infrastructure and toolchains.
• Architect Scalable Workflows: Design and deploy robust systems that allow engineering teams to move faster through intelligent process automation.
• Act as a Forward Deployed Engineer: Work closely with cross-functional teams to identify friction points and directly deploy AI-driven solutions to solve them.

• 5+ years of experience in Backend Engineering, DevOps, and System Design-you know how complex software architectures operate at scale.
• Hands-on experience integrating AI models, APIs, and automated workflows into everyday engineering or business processes (you are inherently AI-native).
• Prior experience working in engineering organizations of a similar size (100+ engineers), understanding the complexities of processes and communication at scale.
• Strong enthusiasm for process automation, workflow optimization, and building system integrations over traditional UI/feature development.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent work experience.
• Excellent written and verbal English communication skills.

Nice-To-Haves

• Experience in a Forward Deployed Engineer or Product Engineer role, with a strong focus on solving real operational problems rather than just writing isolated code.
• Direct experience leading or championing AI transition initiatives within an engineering department.
• Hands-on experience with LLM orchestration frameworks (e.g., LangChain, LlamaIndex), agentic workflows, or vector databases.
• Familiarity with CI/CD automation, internal developer platforms (IDPs), and infrastructure-as-code.

• Innovative Environment - Work with top tech talent on cutting-edge products.
• Work-Life Balance - No overtime, no work on weekends and no late working hours.
• B2B contractor model and generous leave credits - 22 vacation days + 10 sick days yearly.
• Continuous Learning - In-house learning programs, tech lectures, knowledge sharing.
• Remote Work Set-up - Enjoy the flexibility of working from home with a provided MacBook to support your work.

Join us now!

CAKE.com - Simplifying Work One Piece at a Time!

CAKE.com is a unicorn product-based company with a global presence in North America (USA), Europe (primarily in the Balkans), and Asia (Philippines).

We build products that powers millions worldwide, including:

Clockify - The world’s #1 time tracker, trusted by companies like Hewlett-Packard Enterprise, American Express, Amazon and many more.

Pumble - The all-in-one team communication app.

Plaky - A task management software for simple & visual project planning.