Backend Engineer – Product / AI Applications

Posted 22 Days Ago
Seattle, WA
In-Office
150K-250K Annually
Mid level
Artificial Intelligence • Software
Building the AI Computer Interface of the Future
The Role
The Backend Engineer will build AI-powered product features, focusing on prompt engineering, scalable services, and integrating AI models into user experiences.
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About Us

We're a high-energy, impact-driven team, with a long track record of academic excellence. Our team includes researchers whose work has shaped the field—earning best paper awards at top AI conferences and even ranking among the most cited scientists in history of science. We've built fundamental, transformative research that has redefined the community, and now, we're here to change the world—one breakthrough at a time.

What We're Looking For & Why Join Us

We’re looking for a Backend Engineer – Product / AI Applications who loves working at the intersection of advanced AI and real-world product experiences. Your focus will be on building AI-powered product features that leverage foundation models—from prompt engineering to productionizing agent workflows—so that complex model capabilities translate into intuitive, reliable user-facing experiences. This is your chance to bridge cutting-edge AI with practical applications at scale.

What do we expect?

Must have:

  • Strong experience in prompt engineering best practices across models

  • Familiarity with engineering production AI systems using client/server architectures and relational databases

  • Ability to build reliable, scalable services that connect AI models with user-facing products

  • Comfort balancing rapid experimentation with engineering rigor in production systems

Nice to have:

  • Experience building AI agent applications and ability to adapt quickly to proprietary models.

  • Knowledge of modern AI techniques and their pitfalls (e.g. RAG, prompt caching, context truncation, jailbreaking, CoT, etc).

  • Exposure to observability, evaluation, or safety systems for AI applications

  • Background in full-stack or frontend work to accelerate product development

Compensation & Benefits

$150K – $250K + Equity

We offer health benefits, a 401(k) plan, and meaningful equity—because we believe top talent should be supported, secure, and fully invested in the future we’re building together.

Location: Our company is in-office at our Seattle HQ.

Top Skills

AI
Client/Server Architectures
Prompt Engineering
Relational Databases
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The Company
HQ: Seattle, Washington
17 Employees
Year Founded: 2024

What We Do

Vercept is reimagining how people interact with computers. Our product, Vy, lets you command your machine with natural language — navigating apps, content, and context like never before.

We’re building AI that understands your screen, not just your words.
vercept.com

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