Applied Ai Engineer

Summary

Join Apify's new product team focused on the AI ecosystem as a backend engineer. You will contribute to building tools that enable LLM agents to interact with browsers and extract data from complex web pages. Apify uses web automation for various applications, including data collection and AI model training. The ideal candidate has 3+ years of backend development experience with Python or TypeScript, expertise in AI/LLM tooling, and strong communication skills. The position offers a flexible work environment, remote options, and various benefits, including stock options, profit sharing, and a generous hardware budget. Apify values a collaborative and experiment-driven approach.

Requirements

• 3+ years of industry experience in software development
• Expertise in building backend applications or tools with Python or TypeScript and being open to gathering experience with the other one
• Experience with AI/LLM - speaking of usage of various large language models, knowledge of the tooling and ecosystem, such as Langchain or Llamahub
• Ability to autonomously work on weakly defined projects that require an experiment-driven and collaborative mindset
• Good communication skills in English

Responsibilities

• Build backend applications or tools with Python or TypeScript
• Work on weakly defined projects requiring an experiment-driven and collaborative mindset
• Help teach LLM agents to control the browser, handling challenges like dynamic websites, forms, and complex navigation
• Extract data from complex HTML (e.g., React-rendered HTML)

Benefits

• Space, support, and autonomy for personal growth, with a direct impact on our success
• Full-time position in Prague at our office located in Lucerna Palace, Prague, or Impact Hub Brno
• Option to work remotely
• Flexible working hours
• Zero bullshit policy – No Jira, no Okta, no Confluence, no Certified™ScrumMasters®, no quarterly estimates. Just GitHub, GSuite, Notion, Slack, and shipping stuff to production
• Nobody counts holidays as long as the work gets done
• Stock options and profit sharing
• We welcome pets, kids, and bikes at the office
• Epic team buildings and offsites with biking, canoeing, and other adventures
• Solid education and training budget, conference tickets, internal “Eat & Learn” sessions, and the possibility to work across teams
• Generous hardware budget
• Free lunches every day
• Unlimited supply of ☕ & 🍺 and snacks
• Free entry to the wonderful Prague Zoo
• Ping-pong, chess, PS5, lightsabers, foosball league after lunch, free Multisport card, and so on