IFS
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AIEngineerNexusBlack
“AI Engineer - Nexus Black at IFS. Skills: AI agents, LLM systems, Backend services, Retrieval. Prototype AI agents. Prototype guided workflows”
What You'll Achieve.
Scale winners into reliable products; Measurably improve quality; Measurably improve safety
Industry & Context.
Turn ambiguous problems into prototypes; Turn fuzzy business problems into plans
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
4-8+ years software/AI engineer, Shipping 0->1 products, Python proficiency, TypeScript proficiency, Build production services, Integrate with external systems/APIs, LLM/agent systems to production, Tool use experience, Function calling experience, Planning/exec experience, Retrieval-augmented generation experience, Offline/online evaluation experience, Prompt engineering experience, Tracing experience, Observability for AI systems experience, Vector databases familiarity, Embeddings familiarity, Context/retrieval pragmatism, Solid backend fundamentals, Automate what you repeat, Excellent communication, Excellent product sense, Turn fuzzy problems into plans, Turn plans into outcomes, Comfort with ambiguity, Crisp prioritization, Judgment to ship increments, Startup experience, Larger-scale system experience
Nice to Have
Open-source contributions, Hackathon wins, Portfolio of shipped side projects
What You'll Do.
Prototype guided workflows
Design backend services
Implement backend services
Orchestrate retrieval
Own POC to production path
Build retrieval for LLMs
Establish evaluation loops
Improve quality measurably
Improve safety measurably
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; Design; Data engineering; Customers; Internal stakeholders; Teammates
Communication Scope
Customer communication
Process & Methodology
Prioritization
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