# AI/ML Engineer at BackOps AI

- Company: BackOps AI
- What the company does: BackOps is the AI resolution layer for companies that make or move physical goods. It improves and executes internal processes across systems, internal teams, and external parties. Backed by Gradient Ventures.
- Company website: https://backops.ai
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Mid level
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-10-15
- Apply by: 2026-11-29
- Apply: https://jobs.gem.com/backops-ai/am9icG9zdDrCxGlrPv1fCDft0vwf_EYA?utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/backops-ai-ai-ml-engineer/

## About the role

As an AI/ML Engineer, you'll own the infrastructure and systems that make Relay's underlying intelligence more capable, efficient, and reliable. Building an AI operator that can reason through a workflow is one challenge. Making that intelligence perform consistently across thousands of real-world operational scenarios, fragmented enterprise systems, and unpredictable conditions is another. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

## What they're looking for

- Your AI experience is primarily integrating third-party APIs or building lightweight LLM applications without meaningful infrastructure or systems ownership
- Your background is concentrated in theoretical ML research or offline model development, and you haven't owned the engineering required to bring AI capabilities into production
- You're most comfortable operating within an established infrastructure stack rather than defining foundational systems and architectural patterns
- You think optimizing model performance is exclusively about improving benchmark scores, without considering reliability, latency, cost, and real-world outcomes
- You prefer narrowly scoped implementation work over owning difficult technical problems from architecture through production


Source: 1752vc Careers, https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/backops-ai-ai-ml-engineer/