Senior Backend Engineer - AI Product
ClickUp
$160,000–$210,000
Jul 20, 2026
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Jul 22, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A senior backend engineering role focused on building the server-side services and APIs that power user-facing AI features — including agent interactions, context retrieval, conversation management, and intelligent workflows. The work spans technical design through production monitoring, in close collaboration with AI engineers, product managers, and designers. Best suited to engineers with 5+ years of backend experience who have worked with AI/ML systems in production and are comfortable shipping iteratively in fast-moving environments.
Senior level · 5+ years · Remote · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 58,000 people nationally plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 34,900–87,000
Applicant volume Heavy — This req sits in a large pool with little in its requirements to thin it, and auto-apply tools fire at everything in the occupation. Applying early and leading with the rare skills below is what gets read.
What the occupation pays Median $138,970 (middle half $107,524–$175,762).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
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No compensation figures are provided in the posting.
The required qualifications gate on backend engineering experience with AI/ML systems in production (model integration, inference pipelines, or agent-driven features), but name no specific language or framework as a hard requirement — language proficiency (TypeScript/Node.js, Python, or Go) appears only under Preferred qualifications.
LLM integration patterns (RAG, function calling, tool use, prompt routing, context management), vector databases, model gateways, inference optimization, and orchestration frameworks all appear under Preferred qualifications only.
The 5+ years figure is stated at the role level ('5+ years of backend engineering experience'), not tied to any specific technology, so it is captured as the overall experience minimum.
Ignored 1 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): API design.
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