Software Engineer - Backend
First seen by Alion on Sep 15, 2026.
Requirements:
- 3 - 5 years of professional software development experience.
- Hands-on development experience with Rust.
- Hands-on experience with Svelte/SvelteKit for frontend application development.
- Hands-on experience with LanceDB.
- Strong software engineering and programming fundamentals.
- Experience developing backend services, APIs and integrations.
- Strong understanding of modern frontend development using JavaScript/TypeScript.
- Understanding of Generative AI and LLM fundamentals.
- Understanding of embeddings, vector search, vector databases, RAG, LLM APIs, prompt engineering, and AI/agentic workflows.
- Understanding of data privacy, security principles, DLP, and AI/data governance.
Good to have:
- Experience building production-grade RAG applications.
- Experience with AI agents and workflow orchestration.
- Experience with PII/sensitive-data detection, masking or redaction.
- Knowledge of RBAC and enterprise access-control mechanisms.
- Familiarity with LLM security, guardrails and responsible AI practices.
- Experience with cloud platforms, Docker and containerised deployments.
- Understanding of enterprise security and compliance requirements.
Roles & Responsibilities:
- Design, develop and maintain high-performance backend services using Rust.
- Develop modern, responsive web applications using Svelte/SvelteKit.
- Build and manage vector search and AI retrieval capabilities using LanceDB.
- Design and implement RAG and GenAI-powered applications.
- Integrate LLMs and AI services into enterprise applications.
- Develop workflows involving embeddings, semantic search and contextual retrieval.
- Implement appropriate security and privacy controls around sensitive enterprise data.
Skills
Rust, Svelte.js, LanceDB, API Integration, VectorDB, AI Integration