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Senior/Staff Backend Engineer, Applied AI
Fora
New York CityPosted Jul 20, 2026 · 17h ago$180k – $225k
Part-time$180k – $225kSeniorOn-site
About this role
Fora is seeking a Senior/Staff Backend Engineer to build and scale AI-driven products and infrastructure for their modern travel agency platform. This role focuses on developing and optimizing AI co-pilots, agent orchestration, and evaluation systems, requiring strong Python, AWS, and Kubernetes skills, along with a deep understanding of applied AI and LLMs.
What we are looking for
6- Partner with Product Manager and Designer to define Applied AI roadmap
- Design and build MCP tooling for data and service layer exposure
- Build and harden agent orchestration for quality, cost, and speed
- Design evaluations and observability for non-deterministic AI systems
- Focus on performance, latency, architecture, and clean code
- Collaborate with engineers across the company on end-to-end solutions
Skills mentioned
3PythonAWSKubernetes
Work authorization
No visa sponsorship is available.
