Infrastructure / Backend Engineer (AI Agents)

Ant-Tech

$120K — $150K *
Enterprise Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 4+ years of software engineering experience
  • Experience shipping production AI agents or AI-powered applications
  • Strong understanding of modern AI models such as GPT-4/4o, Claude, Gemini, or open-source LLMs
  • Strong TypeScript/JavaScript and Python skills
  • Experience building modern web applications and backend services
  • Solid understanding of AI application architecture and LLM integration
  • Excellent problem-solving and communication skills
  • Comfortable working in a fast-moving startup environment

Responsibilities

  • Design and build production-ready AI agents for real-world automation
  • Develop scalable backend services and APIs
  • Build infrastructure for AI applications, including orchestration, observability, and deployment pipelines
  • Collaborate closely with engineering and product teams to rapidly deliver new features
  • Improve developer tooling and internal platforms
  • Evaluate and integrate the latest AI models into production systems

Benefits

  • Competitive salary and equity
  • Opportunity to work on production AI products
  • High ownership and autonomy
  • Collaborative, engineering-first culture
  • Excellent career growth in one of the fastest-growing areas of software engineering
Full Job Description
Tasks

Location: New York City (Hybrid)
Employment Type: Full-time

Build production AI systems that solve real-world problems.

We're hiring an experienced Infrastructure / Backend Engineer to build scalable backend systems, AI agents, and developer infrastructure powering next-generation AI applications.

This is an opportunity to work on cutting-edge AI products in a fast-paced engineering environment with high ownership and technical impact.

What You'll Do

  • Design and build production-ready AI agents for real-world automation.
  • Develop scalable backend services and APIs.
  • Build infrastructure for AI applications, including orchestration, observability, and deployment pipelines.
  • Collaborate closely with engineering and product teams to rapidly deliver new features.
  • Improve developer tooling and internal platforms.
  • Evaluate and integrate the latest AI models into production systems.


Requirements

Must Have

  • 4+ years of software engineering experience.
  • Experience shipping production AI agents or AI-powered applications.
  • Strong understanding of modern AI models such as GPT-4/4o, Claude, Gemini, or open-source LLMs.
  • Strong TypeScript/JavaScript and Python skills.
  • Experience building modern web applications and backend services.
  • Solid understanding of AI application architecture and LLM integration.
  • Excellent problem-solving and communication skills.
  • Comfortable working in a fast-moving startup environment.

Nice to Have

  • Open-source contributions.
  • Experience with AI frameworks such as LangGraph, LangChain, Vercel AI SDK, or similar.
  • Experience with AWS, GCP, or Azure.
  • UI/UX, product design, or technical writing experience.


Benefits

What You'll Get

  • Competitive salary and equity.
  • Opportunity to work on production AI products.
  • High ownership and autonomy.
  • Collaborative, engineering-first culture.
  • Excellent career growth in one of the fastest-growing areas of software engineering.

Interested?
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