Silver.dev

AI Backend Engineer

Silver.dev

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: Anywhere in Latin America

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Tech Stack

JavaScriptPostgresPythonSQLTypeScript

About the role

  • Own the AI Pipeline
  • Design and optimize our multi-agent orchestration system
  • Implement parallelization and streaming to dramatically reduce response latency
  • Build robust prompt management with versioning and A/B testing capabilities
  • Build RAG Systems
  • Design retrieval-augmented generation for accurate, contextual responses
  • Work with vector databases, embeddings, and relevance scoring
  • Optimize for both speed and accuracy at scale
  • Develop Production APIs
  • Build developer-friendly APIs connecting our AI capabilities to the frontend
  • Design for future integrations with CRMs and advisor tools
  • Implement proper authentication, rate limiting, and documentation
  • Shape the Foundation
  • Establish code review practices and testing standards
  • Document architecture decisions for future team members
  • Contribute to technical patents and IP development

Requirements

  • 4+ years production Python experience (async patterns, type hints)
  • Hands-on experience with LLM APIs (OpenAI, Anthropic, or similar)
  • Strong understanding of prompt engineering and multi-step LLM workflows
  • Production API development experience (FastAPI or similar)
  • Strong SQL and PostgreSQL skills
  • Great to Have: Experience with RAG systems and vector databases (Pinecone, Weaviate, pgvector)
  • Streaming/real-time implementation experience (SSE, WebSockets)
  • TypeScript/JavaScript familiarity
  • FinTech or regulated industry background
Benefits
  • Equity: Meaningful early-stage grant with 4-year vesting
  • Equipment: Professional Laptop ready to work with AI provided + stipend for remote work when 6 month mark is met
  • Time Off: Flexible PTO with a minimum 15 days encouraged
  • Learning: $1,000 annual professional development budget
  • Schedule: Flexible hours with 3-4 hours daily overlap (Americas timezones)
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
Pythonasync patternstype hintsLLM APIsprompt engineeringProduction API developmentFastAPISQLPostgreSQLstreaming
Soft Skills
code review practicestesting standardsdocumentation