Muttdata

AI Backend Engineer (Python) — Forward Deployed

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20 hours ago
Buenos Aires, ArgentinaMid Level

Responsibilities

  • Build LLM-based agents on platform scaffolding with tool calling, internal API integrations, state and conversation management, and guardrails.
  • Take agents to production on AWS, including containers, deployment pipelines, secrets, permissions, networking, and bank security controls.
  • Define and run evaluations before production and monitor quality, latency, and cost with Langfuse after deployment.
  • Resolve technical and process issues with Identity, Security, DevSecOps, Networking, and other stakeholders.
  • Create documentation and runbooks and transfer operational knowledge to client teams before rotating to the next team.
  • Feed lessons from each rotation back into the agent template, deployment pipeline, and observability platform.

Requirements

  • At least one LLM-based agent or system taken to production and operated using LangGraph or an equivalent framework.
  • At least 4 years of Python backend experience with production services using FastAPI or another asynchronous framework.
  • Ability to independently take a service from a repository to production on AWS, including containers, deployment pipelines, and observability.
  • Experience with LLM evaluation, tracing, hallucination control, and agent observability using Langfuse or a similar tool.
  • Daily use of AI development tools such as GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, or Cursor.
  • Ability to quickly understand new team contexts and unblock technical and business stakeholders.
  • Clear communication skills and a habit of documenting and handing off completed work.
  • Banking or fintech experience is preferred.
  • Kubernetes, Terraform, API security with OAuth2 or JWT, RAG, vector databases, MCP server development, Spec-Driven Development, and prior embedded client-consulting or forward-deployed experience are preferred.

Benefits

  • Remote-first work-from-anywhere arrangement.
  • In-company English lessons.
  • Wellhub or sports club stipend.
  • AWS, dbt, Google Cloud, Azure, and Databricks certifications fully covered.
  • Food credits through Pedidos Ya.
  • Birthday off and an extra vacation week called Mutt Week.
  • Referral bonuses.
  • Annual Mutters' Trip.
  • Monthly childcare reimbursement.

Tech Stack

AWSAzureDatabricksdbtFastAPIGoogle CloudKubernetesPythonTerraform

Categories

Forward Deployed
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About Muttdata

51-200 employees

Muttdata provides consulting and delivery of custom machine-learning and AI systems, data platforms, and big-data pipelines for digital-native startups and enterprises. The privately held company, founded in 2017 and headquartered in Buenos Aires, is an AWS Advanced Consulting Partner with the AWS Advertising and Marketing Technologies Competency. Notable customers include Mercado Libre, Coca-Cola FEMSA Mexico, ClassDojo, and PayClip.

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