AI Backend Engineer (AI Workflow Systems)

About this role

BJAK seeks an AI Backend Engineer to design and operate production systems powering AI-driven insurance automation across Southeast Asia. You'll build inference pipelines, optimize LLM-based workflows, and ensure reliable, low-latency service delivery at scale in a fully remote, globally distributed team.

What you'll do

• Build and operate backend systems serving AI-powered insurance workflows in production
• Design AI orchestration layers connecting models, APIs, and business logic
• Implement inference pipelines for LLM-based and AI-assisted automation
• Optimize latency, throughput, and cost across AI services through caching, batching, and routing
• Implement observability systems including logging, metrics, tracing, and incident response
• Collaborate with frontend, product, operations, and ML teams to ship end-to-end features

What they're looking for

• Backend engineering and production systems
• High-throughput, low-latency service design
• Python and Node.js
• LLM APIs and AI workflow systems
• Distributed systems and production debugging
• Kubernetes and Docker containerization
• Observability tools and monitoring
• API design and data flow architecture

Benefits

• Fully remote position with global engineering team
• Learning and development budget
• High ownership culture with end-to-end system ownership
• Competitive compensation package
• International impact across Southeast Asia
• Fast-moving environment with career growth opportunities