{"id":3038,"date":"2026-08-12T18:52:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T18:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tradefinder.help\/?p=3038"},"modified":"2026-08-12T18:52:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T18:52:09","slug":"toptal-python-backend-development-talent-with-rag-and-agentic-ai-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tradefinder.help\/?p=3038","title":{"rendered":"Toptal: Python Backend Development Talent with RAG and Agentic AI Experience"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  <strong>Headquarters:<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p>Summary:<\/p>\n<p>We are seeking an experienced Python Backend Developer to design, build, and deploy scalable AI-powered applications using Retrieval-Augmented Generation, large language models, and agentic AI frameworks. The role will focus on delivering a production-grade RAG system and AI chatbot that can securely integrate with enterprise data, APIs, databases, and cloud services.<\/p>\n<p>General information:<\/p>\n<p>The organization is developing an AI-powered platform and requires an experienced individual contributor to build its RAG architecture and conversational AI capabilities. The developer will work closely with a distributed team and should be available for several hours of overlap with US working hours.<\/p>\n<p>The project involves designing AI systems that go beyond basic prompt engineering, including multi-step workflows, autonomous agents, vector search, knowledge retrieval, memory management, and tool integration. The solution must be scalable, secure, observable, and suitable for production use.<\/p>\n<p>The technology environment includes Python, FastAPI, large language models, LangGraph, LangChain, vector databases, Azure AI services, AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, and microservice-based architectures.<\/p>\n<p>Task and deliverables:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Design the end-to-end architecture for a scalable RAG system and AI chatbot.<\/li>\n<li>Develop Python backend services, REST APIs, and microservices using FastAPI or similar frameworks.<\/li>\n<li>Build document ingestion, chunking, embedding, indexing, retrieval, and reranking pipelines.<\/li>\n<li>Implement vector search solutions using Azure AI Search or comparable vector databases.<\/li>\n<li>Design autonomous AI agents capable of planning, reasoning, tool usage, and decision-making.<\/li>\n<li>Develop multi-step AI workflows using LangGraph, LangChain, CrewAI, AutoGen, or similar orchestration frameworks.<\/li>\n<li>Integrate commercial and open-source LLMs, including Azure OpenAI, OpenAI, Anthropic Claude, Gemini, and comparable models.<\/li>\n<li>Implement conversation memory, session management, context management, and agent collaboration patterns.<\/li>\n<li>Connect AI workflows with APIs, databases, enterprise systems, and external tools.<\/li>\n<li>Develop asynchronous, high-performance services capable of handling concurrent AI workloads.<\/li>\n<li>Implement prompt management, structured outputs, guardrails, fallback logic, and model evaluation processes.<\/li>\n<li>Establish logging, monitoring, tracing, observability, security, and error-handling standards.<\/li>\n<li>Containerize and deploy AI services using Docker, Kubernetes, Azure, or AWS.<\/li>\n<li>Translate business requirements into technical designs, delivery milestones, and production-ready AI solutions.<\/li>\n<li>Collaborate with the wider team while independently owning architecture and implementation decisions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Required experience:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Required: 8 or more years of professional Python backend development experience.<\/li>\n<li>Required: Strong experience designing REST APIs, microservices, asynchronous services, and distributed backend systems.<\/li>\n<li>Required: Hands-on experience building production-grade RAG applications.<\/li>\n<li>Required: Strong understanding of embeddings, document chunking, semantic search, vector indexing, retrieval strategies, and reranking.<\/li>\n<li>Required: Hands-on experience developing AI agents and multi-step LLM workflows.<\/li>\n<li>Required: Experience with agentic AI frameworks such as LangGraph, LangChain, CrewAI, AutoGen, or comparable platforms.<\/li>\n<li>Required: Experience integrating LLMs through OpenAI, Azure OpenAI, Anthropic Claude, Gemini, or open-source model APIs.<\/li>\n<li>Required: Ability to design AI architecture beyond basic prompt engineering.<\/li>\n<li>Required: Experience integrating AI applications with APIs, databases, data pipelines, and enterprise systems.<\/li>\n<li>Required: Experience implementing security, monitoring, logging, tracing, and observability for production services.<\/li>\n<li>Required: Experience deploying containerized applications using Docker and cloud platforms such as Azure or AWS.<\/li>\n<li>Required: Ability to independently translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions.<\/li>\n<li>Required: Strong communication and collaboration skills in a distributed working environment.<\/li>\n<li>Required: Availability for several hours of overlap with US working hours.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><strong>To apply:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/weworkremotely.com\/remote-jobs\/toptal-python-backend-development-talent-with-rag-and-agentic-ai-experience\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/weworkremotely.com\/remote-jobs\/toptal-python-backend-development-talent-with-rag-and-agentic-ai-experience<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Headquarters: Summary: We are seeking an experienced Python Backend Developer to design, build, and deploy scalable AI-powered applications using Retrieval-Augmented Generation, large language models, and agentic AI frameworks. 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