
Senior Backend Engineer – AI, LLM Integration
Quantiphi
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: Canada
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About the role
- Design and implement complex, multi-step LLM workflows and "chains" to automate business logic.
- Build and maintain high-performance backend services using either Java or Python.
- Containerize and deploy services to Kubernetes (AKS), ensuring they are resilient and scalable.
- Connect backend services with various AI providers (OpenAI, Azure AI, Anthropic, etc.) and Vector Databases.
- Implement monitoring and logging specifically for AI workloads to track model performance, latency, and "hallucination" rates.
Requirements
- 7+ years of professional experience in Java (Spring Boot) or Python (FastAPI/Flask/Django).
- Proven experience integrating LLMs into production environments.
- Hands-on experience with LangChain, LangGraph, LlamaIndex, or similar frameworks for managing multi-step AI prompts and state.
- Strong experience with Kubernetes (Azure Kubernetes Service / AKS preferred).
- Comfortable with Docker, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud-native architecture.
- Familiarity with Vector Databases (e.g., Pinecone, Weaviate, Milvus) and traditional SQL/NoSQL databases.
- Experience with LLM Observability tools (e.g., LangSmith, Arize Phoenix, Weights & Biases).
- Knowledge of RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) patterns and optimization.
- Understanding of prompt engineering best practices and model evaluation techniques.
Benefits
- Make an impact at one of the world’s fastest-growing AI-first digital engineering companies.
- Upskill and discover your potential as you solve complex challenges in cutting-edge areas of technology alongside passionate, talented colleagues.
- Work where innovation happens - work with disruptive innovators in a research-focused organization with 60+ patents filed across various disciplines.
- Stay ahead of the curve—immerse yourself in breakthrough AI, ML, data, and cloud technologies and gain exposure working with Fortune 500 companies.
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Hard skills
JavaSpring BootPythonFastAPIFlaskDjangoKubernetesDockerCI/CDLLM integration