Pavago

Full-Stack AI Engineer

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Job Description

🤖 Full-Stack AI Engineer (LLMs, AI Products, Full-Stack Development)

Full-Time Remote | U.S. Business Hours

🚀 About the Role

We’re hiring a highly technical and execution-focused Full-Stack AI Engineer to build and deploy production-ready AI-powered applications.

This is not a research-only AI role.

You’ll bridge:

  • full-stack software engineering,
  • AI/ML integration,
  • scalable infrastructure,
  • and user-facing product development

to turn AI prototypes into reliable, real-world applications.

You’ll work across:

  • backend systems,
  • frontend interfaces,
  • AI pipelines,
  • APIs,
  • vector databases,
  • and cloud infrastructure

to deliver AI products that are scalable, secure, and user-friendly.

If you enjoy:

  • building AI-powered SaaS products,
  • integrating LLMs into production systems,
  • and owning systems end-to-end,

this role is a strong fit.

🔥 What You’ll Own

AI Model Integration & LLM Applications

  • Deploy and integrate:
    • OpenAI models
    • Hugging Face models
    • fine-tuned LLMs
    • PyTorch / TensorFlow models
  • Build scalable inference APIs using:
    • FastAPI
    • Flask
    • Node.js
  • Develop:
    • AI copilots
    • chatbots
    • AI assistants
    • intelligent workflows
  • Implement:
    • embeddings
    • vector search
    • RAG pipelines
    • semantic retrieval systems
  • Work with:
    • Pinecone
    • Weaviate
    • FAISS
    • vector databases

⚙️ Data Engineering & AI Pipelines

  • Build ETL/ELT pipelines for:
    • text data
    • image data
    • structured datasets
  • Automate:
    • preprocessing
    • labeling
    • transformations
    • versioning
  • Orchestrate workflows using:
    • Airflow
    • Prefect
    • Dagster
  • Manage datasets inside:
    • Snowflake
    • BigQuery
    • Redshift

💻 Full-Stack Application Development

  • Build modern front-end interfaces using:
    • React
    • Next.js
    • Vue
  • Develop AI-powered user experiences including:
    • dashboards
    • assistants
    • analytics tools
    • AI workflows
  • Design backend services and microservices
  • Connect AI systems with business logic and APIs
  • Ensure applications are:
    • responsive
    • scalable
    • secure
    • production-ready

☁️ Infrastructure, Deployment & MLOps

  • Containerize applications with Docker
  • Deploy services into Kubernetes environments
  • Build CI/CD pipelines for:
    • application releases
    • model deployments
    • infrastructure updates
  • Monitor:
    • latency
    • cost
    • uptime
    • model drift
  • Use tools such as:
    • MLflow
    • Weights & Biases
    • Vertex AI
    • SageMaker
    • Kubeflow

🔒 Security & Reliability

  • Implement:
    • secure APIs
    • authentication
    • permissions
    • access controls
    • rate limiting
  • Ensure compliance with:
    • GDPR
    • HIPAA
    • SOC 2
  • Build reliable and fault-tolerant AI systems

🤝 Collaboration & Product Development

  • Work closely with:
    • product teams
    • data scientists
    • engineering teams
  • Productionize AI prototypes into scalable systems
  • Translate product ideas into practical AI-powered features
  • Document systems for reproducibility and scalability

✅ Required Experience & Skills

  • 3+ years experience in:
    • software engineering
    • AI engineering
    • ML-integrated systems
  • Strong Python skills:
    • PyTorch
    • TensorFlow
    • AI tooling
  • Strong JavaScript / TypeScript skills:
    • React
    • Node.js
    • frontend frameworks
  • Experience deploying AI/ML models into production
  • Experience with:
    • APIs
    • vector databases
    • RAG pipelines
    • embeddings
  • Strong SQL and cloud data warehouse experience
  • Experience with Docker and cloud infrastructure

⭐ Nice-to-Have Experience

  • AI-powered SaaS product development
  • LLM fine-tuning and custom model workflows
  • MLOps and model lifecycle management
  • Microservices and serverless architectures
  • Cost optimization for AI inference workloads
  • Experience with:
    • Vertex AI
    • SageMaker
    • Kubeflow
    • LangChain
    • AI agents
  • Startup or high-growth product experience

🧠 What Makes You a Strong Fit

  • You can move from prototype → production confidently
  • You understand both software engineering and AI systems deeply
  • You balance speed, scalability, and reliability
  • You are highly curious about emerging AI tools
  • You take ownership and execute independently
  • You care about real-world product impact — not just experimentation

📅 What a Typical Day Looks Like

  • Improve and deploy AI model APIs
  • Build frontend experiences for AI-powered workflows
  • Optimize vector search and retrieval systems
  • Maintain AI data pipelines and infrastructure
  • Monitor model latency, cost, and performance
  • Collaborate with product teams on AI feature prioritization
  • Debug production issues and improve reliability
  • Document systems and deployment workflows

In short:
You transform AI capabilities into scalable, production-ready applications that solve real business problems.

📊 Key Metrics for Success (KPIs)

  • Successful AI feature deployments
  • Application uptime ≥ 99.9%
  • Inference latency under target thresholds
  • Stability and reliability of AI systems
  • Reduction in manual operational work
  • User adoption and satisfaction of AI features
  • Scalability and maintainability of infrastructure

🌟 Why This Role Stands Out

  • High-impact AI product engineering role
  • Opportunity to work on real-world AI applications
  • Ownership across the full technical stack
  • Strong exposure to modern LLM infrastructure and tooling
  • Fast-paced engineering environment with meaningful product influence
  • Opportunity to shape AI architecture from the ground up

🧪 Interview Process

  • Initial Phone Screen
  • Video Interview with Pavago Recruiter
  • Technical Assessment
  • Client Interview(s) with Engineering Team
  • Offer & Background Verification

👉 Apply Now

If you:

  • love building AI-powered products,
  • can own systems end-to-end,
  • understand both full-stack engineering and applied AI,
  • and want to ship production-grade AI experiences,

this role is a strong fit for you.