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
Vercept Seattle, Washington, USA Office
Seattle, Washington, United States, 98105
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