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We're hiring an Associate Innovation Engineer to support our Lead Innovation Engineer in building, maintaining, and evolving our internal platform of LLM-powered tools, used daily by SEO, Content, SEM, and Editorial teams. This is a hands-on full-stack role. You'll work across Next.js frontends, FastAPI backends, and AWS infrastructure, while getting direct exposure to production AI systems: content extraction pipelines, prompt engineering, web scraping, and data integrations. This is a strong fit for someone early in their career who wants real-world experience shipping and maintaining LLM applications in production. Key Responsibilities Full-Stack Development & Maintenance - Build and maintain features across our Next.js frontends and FastAPI backends. - Support the ongoing maintenance of our production tool suite — bug fixes, small enhancements, data validation, and monitoring. - Write clean, testable Python and TypeScript code. Data Pipelines & Automation - Build and maintain pipelines connecting third-party APIs (SEMrush, ScrapingBee, and similar) to our LLM workflows. - Set up and manage scheduled jobs using AWS ECS Scheduled Tasks, EventBridge, and Redis-based job queues. - Support data validation and quality checks across tools. AI/LLM Integration - Work with OpenAI and Anthropic APIs to integrate LLM functionality into tools. - Support prompt iteration and testing under the team's guidance. - Build familiarity with AI evaluation ("evals") concepts as the team develops these further. Cloud & Infrastructure (AWS) - Get hands-on with AWS services used in our stack: ECS, ALB, S3, RDS, EventBridge. - Support deployment, monitoring, and troubleshooting of services running in ECS. Tooling & Ways of Working - Use AI-assisted development tools (Cursor, Claude, Copilot, etc.) as part of the daily workflow. - Collaborate closely with the Lead Innovation Engineer and, at times, with stakeholders from other teams (SEO, Content, etc.) to understand requirements. Qualifications Education - Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field. Must-Have Technical Skills - 1.5+ years of professional experience. - Solid foundation in Python; some exposure to FastAPI or a similar framework (Flask/Django) is a plus. - Working knowledge of JavaScript/TypeScript; exposure to React/Next.js. - Basic understanding of SQL and relational databases. - Basic understanding of REST APIs and asynchronous programming concepts. - Comfortable using AI coding assistants (Cursor, Copilot, Claude, etc.) as part of daily development. - Working knowledge of Git/GitHub (branching, PRs, code reviews) and a basic understanding of CI/CD pipelines. Good to Have (not required, but a plus) - Any prior exposure to OpenAI/Anthropic APIs. - Basic familiarity with AWS (any service) or any cloud provider. - Exposure to Redis or job queuing/background task concepts (e.g., RQ, Celery, or similar). - Some exposure to AI agents or agentic workflows. - Exposure to web scraping, data pipelines, or automation. Soft Skills - Curious and eager to learn — this role will expose you to fast-moving areas of AI tooling. - Good communication skills; comfortable asking questions and flagging blockers early. - Organized and able to manage multiple small tasks/tools at once. - Comfortable working in a small, fast-paced team with high ownership. Perks - Remote-first and flexible — work from anywhere in India with global exposure. - Monthly long weekends (every third Friday off). - Generous wellness stipends and parental leave. - A collaborative team where your voice is heard and your work drives real impact.