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Senior AI Backend Engineer

Pagaya·Israel·
On-siteFull-timeAI EngineeringFinancial Services

Join a financial technology company’s core engineering team to lead internal AI transformation. Architect and deliver custom AI applications, automation systems, backend services, and APIs that improve operations across the organization.

Responsibilities

  • Architect, develop, and deploy tailored AI systems and applications from the ground up
  • Identify process bottlenecks and design backend automation solutions for internal teams
  • Integrate generative AI models, APIs, and frameworks into internal infrastructure
  • Build scalable, high-performance backend microservices and APIs for data-intensive AI workloads
  • Gather requirements from internal stakeholders and department heads
  • Serve as the technical AI focal point for internal initiatives
  • Collaborate with product, DevOps, and other teams to align solutions with user and business needs

Requirements

  • 8+ years of hands-on backend software engineering experience
  • Experience building LLM-powered applications, AI agents, or generative AI systems with modern AI frameworks
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience
  • Fluency in Python
  • Familiarity with AWS, Docker, and Kubernetes
  • Experience designing, building, and deploying secure backend systems and architectures from scratch
  • Hands-on experience with multi-agent architectures or agentic evaluation frameworks
  • Ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment
  • Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration skills

Nice to have

  • Experience with high-scale cloud-native distributed systems

Benefits

  • Benefits and perks supporting employee health, happiness, and productivity
  • Inclusive, collaborative workplace culture
  • Equal opportunity employment

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