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# AI Systems & Automation Engineer (Remote)

- **Company:** Cake.com Inc.
- **Location:** United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, Systems Engineering, Continuous Integration, DevOps, Integrated Library Systems, Machine Learning, Software Architecture, Toolchain, Large Language Models, Llamaindex, Backend, Agentic-AI, Information Technology
- **Published:** November 2, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerbuilder.com/job-details/ai-systems-automation-engineer-remote--de1cd0fe-e132-4d76-a5dc-4b8c74689d10

## About the Role

* 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.

## Description

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.