AI Backend Lead - LLM Agents & Scalable Services
photonScottsdale (AZ)
AI Backend Lead - LLM Agents & Scalable Services
Posted 2 days ago
photonScottsdale (AZ)
SENIORITY
Lead
About the role
Photon is seeking a hands-on Senior/Lead Backend Engineer with strong experience in AI agents and agentic workflows to design and build scalable backend services. You will integrate LLMs, tool-calling, and AI workflows while collaborating with Product and Business stakeholders.
You will lead, mentor, and deliver across REST APIs, microservices, and event-driven architectures, working onsite in Arizona or Rhode Island.
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