India Remote (Global)

Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors is hiring a Staff Backend Engineer - Core AI Platform (Remote - India)

Responsibilities

  • Design and lead the architecture of a distributed, multi-agent AI framework integrating LLMs, decision layers, memory, and tooling.
  • Build real-time, low-latency inference systems capable of meeting the SLAs of transactional and regulated environments.
  • Develop modular backend components for agent planning, fallback handling, reward routing, and continuous reasoning.
  • Create developer-facing APIs and tools enabling safe, composable extensions of AI capabilities.
  • Integrate vector databases, custom retrieval mechanisms, evaluators, and auto-tuning pipelines into live systems.
  • Work closely with AI researchers to productionize experimental models, RL strategies, and alignment techniques.
  • Establish architectural best practices for scalable, fault-tolerant, and policy-aligned AI-driven systems.
  • Lead technical direction and influence cross-functional engineering strategy.

Requirements

  • 8+ years in backend/platform engineering, including 2+ years building or deploying ML/AI systems in production.
  • Strong experience with Node.js and asynchronous, event-driven architecture.
  • Expertise in large language model (LLM) systems, reinforcement learning (RL), and agent architecture design.
  • Proven record building distributed systems and high-throughput infrastructure with real-time inference capabilities.
  • Prior hands-on ML experience—model training, pipeline design, or production debugging.
  • Proficient in modular software design with observability, testing, and resiliency in mind.

Nice to Have

  • Bonus points for experience with vector databases, prompt engineering, semantic search, or orchestration engines.
  • Open-source contributions in the LLM/AI infrastructure space are a plus.

Benefits

  • Remote-first work model with flexibility across time zones.
  • Comprehensive health insurance to support your well-being.
  • Career growth in one of the fastest-growing AI/FinTech environments.
  • Opportunity to lead in an emerging field at the intersection of AI, banking, and compliance.
  • Dynamic team culture combining AI research, product design, and engineering excellence.

Additional Information

  • Position posted by Jobgether on behalf of interface.ai.
  • Application process uses AI-powered screening to analyze CV and LinkedIn profile, focusing on skills, experience, and achievements.
  • Match score is determined by comparison to job’s core requirements and past success factors.
  • Top 3 candidates with highest match score are shortlisted automatically.
  • Human review may occur to ensure no strong profile is missed.
  • Process is transparent, skills-based, and free of bias.
  • Shortlisted candidates are shared directly with the company (interface.ai) for final decision and next steps.
  • Final decision and interview process conducted by internal hiring team of the company.
Required Skills
Node.jsEvent-driven Architecture
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Category backend
Posted 10 months ago