Backend Engineer, AI (Agent Systems)

BJAK
Zurich
Workplace: RemoteFull timeFunction: Software EngineeringSkills: ["Python","NodeJs","PyTorch","OpenAI","Embeddings","LLMs","Multimodal","Kubernetes","Docker","SQL","NoSQL"]

Backend engineer building and operating production-grade AI-powered backend systems that power agent interactions. Design inference pipelines and orchestration layers, optimize latency and throughput, and own production observability from monitoring to incident response. Work between models and users to deliver fast, reliable, and scalable APIs across mobile and desktop clients.

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BJAK
BJAK
3 months ago

Backend Engineer, AI (Agent Systems)

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Job Summary

Backend engineer building and operating production-grade AI-powered backend systems that power agent interactions. Design inference pipelines and orchestration layers, optimize latency and throughput, and own production observability from monitoring to incident response. Work between models and users to deliver fast, reliable, and scalable APIs across mobile and desktop clients.
Location: Zurich
Workplace: Remote
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering

Key Responsibilities

  • •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.
  • •Ensure stable and scalable APIs for frontend and ML systems.

Key Requirements

  • •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.
Experience:AIBackendProduction
Skills:PythonNodeJsPyTorchOpenAIEmbeddingsLLMsMultimodalKubernetesDockerSQLNoSQL
Tech Stack:PythonNodeJsPyTorchOpenAILLMsMultimodalKubernetesDockerSQLNoSQL

Company Brief

BJAK
Bjak is a Malaysia-based insurtech that operates an online insurance comparison and distribution platform across SEA, simplifying purchase and servicing of motor and life insurance using digital tools and AI-enabled services.
Industry: InsurTech
Company Size: Medium (51 to 250 employees)
Growth: Growth Stage Startup
Headquarters: Selangor, Malaysia
Founded: 2019
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