Software Engineer – AI (Backend)

About the job:

We’re hiring a Software Engineer – AI (Backend) to build and ship production backend and AI systems across real client and internal use cases. You’ll design APIs and services, build LLM-powered applications, and own them in production.

This is a full-time, work-from-office role in Hyderabad.

About us:

We’re a new age tech & business services company, HQ’ed in Hyderabad with clients across the world. Find out more at https://www.linkedin.com/company/gitforce

What You’ll Do

TL;DR: Build and run the backend and AI systems behind real products.

• Design and build backend services and APIs in Python (FastAPI, Flask, or similar)
• Design data models and work with SQL and PostgreSQL
• Build AI-powered applications using LLM APIs (OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and open-source models)
• Build RAG pipelines using embeddings, retrieval, reranking, and vector databases
• Develop AI agents, tool-calling workflows, and multi-step LLM systems
• Integrate with third-party APIs, databases, and services
• Deploy, monitor, debug, and improve systems in production
• Work closely with product, founders, and client teams to turn requirements into technical solutions

Qualifications

TL;DR: Strong backend engineering fundamentals in Python, plus hands-on experience building AI-powered applications.

You Are:

• 2 to 5 years into your professional engineering career
• A strong backend engineer who has built and shipped AI-powered features
• Someone who cares about reliable, well-tested production systems
• Comfortable picking up new frameworks and tools quickly
• Someone who enjoys owning a system end to end, not just isolated tickets

Must-haves:

• Strong Python, with experience building production backend services and APIs
• Solid SQL and PostgreSQL, including schema design
• Hands-on experience with LLM APIs, including prompt engineering, structured outputs, and tool calling
• Experience building RAG pipelines or AI agents (LangChain, LlamaIndex, LangGraph, or similar)
• Good grasp of API design, software architecture, Git, testing, and production engineering fundamentals
• Strong problem-solving and communication skills

Nice-to-haves:

• Vector databases: Pinecone, pgvector, Weaviate, Qdrant, Chroma, or similar
• LLM evaluation, observability, tracing, or monitoring
• Redis, queues, async processing, or distributed systems
• Docker, CI/CD, and cloud (AWS, GCP, or Azure)
• Some frontend experience (React, Next.js, TypeScript)