Toptal

AI Engineers

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About the role

Headquarters: Remote
URL: https://www.toptal.com/

Summary:
We are looking for an AI Engineer to help design, build, and improve AI-powered applications and agentic systems. This role is broad and best suited for engineers who have hands-on experience working with LLMs, RAG pipelines, AI agents, and modern AI orchestration frameworks.

 

General Information:
The engineer will work on building production-ready AI solutions that combine LLMs, tools, retrieval systems, workflows, and integrations. The ideal candidate is comfortable moving from experimentation to implementation and can make practical engineering decisions around reliability, scalability, and maintainability.

 

Tasks and deliverables:
Design and build AI agents and LLM-powered workflows.
Implement RAG systems using vector databases, embeddings, chunking strategies, and retrieval optimization.
Work with frameworks such as LangChain, LangGraph, LlamaIndex, or similar tools.
Integrate LLMs with APIs, internal systems, databases, and external services.
Evaluate model outputs, improve prompt strategies, and support testing and observability.
Collaborate with product and engineering teams to turn AI use cases into reliable software.

 

Required Experience:
Strong software engineering experience, preferably with Python and modern backend systems.
Hands-on experience building AI agents, RAG pipelines, or LLM-based applications.
Experience with LangGraph, LangChain, LlamaIndex, Semantic Kernel, or similar frameworks.
Understanding of embeddings, vector databases, retrieval strategies, and prompt engineering.
Experience integrating LLMs with tools, APIs, and structured workflows.
Ability to evaluate AI system quality, latency, cost, and reliability.
Comfortable working in fast-moving, ambiguous environments.

 

Engagement highlights:
Broad AI engineering role focused on practical, production-oriented solutions.
Opportunity to work with modern agentic architectures and LLM tooling.
Ideal for engineers who enjoy combining software engineering, experimentation, and AI system design.

To apply: https://weworkremotely.com/remote-jobs/toptal-ai-engineers

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Likely questions

  1. Tell us about work you have done that is close to the AI Engineers role.
  2. How would you approach your first 30 days at Toptal?
  3. Which of Python, Remote Collaboration and Engineers have you used recently, and what did it help you achieve?
  4. Describe a time you solved a problem without waiting to be told exactly what to do.
  5. How do you stay organised and communicate clearly when working remotely?

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  • A recent example that proves your experience with Python, Remote Collaboration and Engineers.
  • One short story with a problem, your action, and the result.
  • Two examples that show the strengths listed on your CV.
  • A clear reason why this role and company interest you.
  • Your availability, preferred work style, and salary expectations.

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  • What would success look like in the first 90 days?
  • What are the main problems this hire should help solve?
  • How does the team give feedback and measure good work?
  • What does a normal working week look like for this role?
Practice line

I am interested in the AI Engineers role because I can bring practical experience in Python, Remote Collaboration and Engineers, learn the team quickly, and contribute to the outcomes Toptal needs from this hire.

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