[Remote] Staff Backend AI Engineer, Remote

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Experian is a global data and technology company, powering opportunities for people and businesses around the world. They are looking for a Staff Backend AI Engineer to lead the delivery of high-throughput, large-scale transactional systems and agentic AI applications while mentoring other engineers.ResponsibilitiesArchitect, build, and own services for large-scale transactional platforms — ensuring high availability, fault tolerance, and sub-second performance at millions of transactions per secondLead the end-to-end design of agentic AI workflows using orchestration frameworks, such as LangGraph, AutoGen, and CrewAI. Implement these workflows using tool-calling patterns and multi-agent coordination on AWSWrite production-grade Python and Go services; establish language-specific idioms, patterns, and performance baselines adopted across engineering teamsDesign and govern AWS-native infrastructure (ECS, EKS, Lambda, MSK, RDS Aurora, DynamoDB, SageMaker, or EventBridge) - ensuring solutions align with the AWS Well-Architected FrameworkEstablish engineering standards: code review practices, test coverage requirements, CI/CD pipelines, and observability instrumentation (distributed tracing, structured logging, alerting)Conduct and lead technical design reviews for new services, integrations, and platform changes; produce high-quality architecture decision records (ADRs) and technical specsResolve performance bottlenecks in distributed systems, including database query optimization, caching strategies, and async processing patternsGuide proof-of-concept (PoC) work for new technologies and evaluate their production readiness; present recommendations to engineering leadershipMentor and level up senior and mid-level engineers through structured code reviews, pairing sessions, and technical coachingContribute to on-call rotations, incident response, and post-mortem processes to guide systemic reliability improvementsSkillsB.S. or M.S. degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical discipline8+ years of professional software engineering experience, including 3+ years in a staff-level, principal, or equivalent technical leadership role4+ years of hands-on experience building and operating production services on AWS — with deep familiarity across compute (ECS/Fargate, EKS, Lambda), storage (S3, RDS, DynamoDB), messaging (SQS, Kafka), and networking (VPC, API Gateway, CloudFront)2+ years of professional Python development with command of async patterns (asyncio, FastAPI, Pydantic); 2+ years of Go in production microservicesDemonstrated experience architecting and operating large-scale transactional systems (high-volume OLTP, event-driven architectures, distributed caches, saga/outbox patterns)Hands-on experience building agentic AI systems — including agent orchestration, tool/function calling, RAG pipelines, and LLM integration patternsCommand of relational and non-relational databases (PostgreSQL, Aurora, DynamoDB, Redis, or ElasticSearch) with experience with query optimization and schema design at scaleProficiency with containerization and infrastructure-as-code (Docker, Terraform, CDK, or Helm)Experience with observability tooling: Datadog, OpenTelemetry, CloudWatch, or equivalentsExperience owning and evolving CI/CD pipelines using tools like Jenkins, GitHub Actions or HarnessExperience integrating async messaging systems (Kafka, SQS) and designing event-driven architecturesExperience mentoring engineers and driving company level improvements in engineering culture, quality, and velocityBenefitsGreat compensation package and bonus planCore benefits including medical, dental, vision, and matching 401KFlexible work environment, ability to work remote, hybrid or in-officeFlexible time off including volunteer time off, vacation, sick and 12-paid holidaysCompany OverviewExperian is a data analytics and consumer credit reporting company. It was founded in 1980, and is headquartered in Dublin, Dublin, IRL, with a workforce of 10001+ employees. Its website is http://www.experianplc.com.Company H1B SponsorshipExperian has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 1 in 2026, 8 in 2025, 18 in 2024, 9 in 2023, 16 in 2022, 19 in 2021, 23 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.