IFS

Information Technology And Services

AIEngineer

$90–100k San Diego, California, United States FULL TIME Remote Friendly
The Brief

“AI Engineer at IFS. Skills: AI agents, LLM systems, Backend services, Evaluation. Prototype AI agents. Prototype guided workflows”

What You'll Achieve.

Turn problems into prototypes; Iterate in the field; Scale winners into products; Make a positive impact

Industry & Context.

Information Technology And Services
Problems you'll solve

Ambiguous customer problems; Fuzzy business problems

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

4-8+ years software/AI engineer, Python proficiency, TypeScript proficiency, Build production services, Integrate with external systems/APIs, LLM/agent systems to production, Evaluation, prompt engineering, tracing, observability, Vector databases/search, embeddings, context/retrieval, Solid backend fundamentals, Automate what you repeat, Excellent communication, Excellent product sense, Turn fuzzy problems into plans, Comfort with ambiguity, Crisp prioritization, Ship small, safe increments

Nice to Have

Open-source contributions, Hackathon wins, Portfolio of shipped side projects, Startup experience, Large-scale system experience

What You'll Do.

Prototype guided workflows

Design backend services

Orchestrate retrieval

Own POC to production path

Build retrieval for LLMs

Establish evaluation loops

Contribute to developer experience

Speed up future builds

Collaborate with customers

Collaborate with stakeholders

Define success metrics

Lead design discussions

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Product teams; Design teams; Data engineering; Internal stakeholders; Teammates

Communication Scope

Customer communication

Process & Methodology

Prioritization

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