Backend Engineer (AI)

TL;DR

Backend Engineer (AI): Building and operating the inference and orchestration layer for a proactive AI chat app with an accent on reliability, low latency, and multi-step reasoning. Focus on designing production-grade AI pipelines and optimizing system throughput to handle non-deterministic model behavior.

Location: Remote (United Kingdom)

Company

hirify.global is a high-talent density team building a proactive AI chat app to bring intelligence to conversations, errands, and workflows for users globally.

What you will do

• 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 including monitoring, logging, alerting, and incident response.
• Optimize latency and throughput across inference, caching, batching, and streaming.
• Develop stable and clear APIs to support seamless integration with frontend and ML systems.

Requirements

• Strong backend engineering fundamentals in production environments.
• Experience running high-throughput, low-latency services.
• Familiarity with AI inference patterns such as LLMs, embeddings, and multimodal models.
• Proficiency in debugging distributed systems under load.
• Must be based in the United Kingdom

Culture & Benefits

• Opportunity to work in a small, world-class team with high talent density.
• Collaborative decision-making environment that balances high-quality shipping with rapid learning.
• High level of autonomy, requiring the ability to execute independently and exercise strong judgment.
• Focus on creating a "magical" product with practical benefits for billions of users.

Hiring process

• Technical evaluation of applications by team members.
• 3 to 4 interviews conducted via virtual meetings and/or onsite.
• Transparent and efficient process with prompt decision-making.