Backend (LLM) Engineer

San Francisco, CA

We’re transforming e-commerce by making it easy for brands to plug in with top-quality manufacturers around the world.

Shopify made it easy for brands to sell products, but getting those products made is painful. Join us as we build the world’s first AI product sourcing agent and usher in a new era of e-commerce — helping brands tap into the global manufacturing ecosystem and easily launch new products.

We’re a team of builders, operators, and investors from Stripe, Google, Amazon, Palantir, and Anduril. We’re well funded and have already built our core technology.

Learn more about Cavela at https://www.cavela.com/

What we’re looking for

We’re looking for a backend (LLM) engineer to help shape the intelligence layer of our platform, from designing and fine-tuning AI models to integrating them seamlessly into the product experience.

Responsibilities

• LLM Development: Build, optimize, and integrate large language models tools for real-world application, including developing LLM-assisted features and agentic solutions to enhance user experience and automate operations.
• Backend development: Develop and maintain Cavela backend, including private API for the user-facing app and backoffice for operations.
• Product Collaboration: Work closely with design and product teams to translate business requirements to product features.
• Iterative Problem-Solving: Partner with teammates across engineering, operations, and customer success to tackle technical and business challenges, refining features and systems as needed.

Requirements

• Experience: 5+ years building web applications with Python, including at least 1 year of hands-on experience developing and integrating LLM-powered features, including Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), vector search, or similar AI-driven solutions.
• LLM Technologies: Expertise in integrating AI-driven solutions, including LLMs, RAG pipelines, and vector databases into production environments.
• Backend development: Strong understanding of web architecture and databases. Proficiency in Python for web development. Experience with Django, Event Sourcing, and DDD is a plus.
• Mindset: Proactive, detail- and design-obsessed. Fired up about spearheading next-generation UX and creating “magical” user experiences. Ready to make feature suggestions, tackle challenges, and thrive in a hands-on, early-stage startup environment.

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