About Associo
Associo is an AI associate for professionals in finance, consulting, and law. We go beyond generic AI chat — our platform delivers finished, professional-grade outputs directly inside a purpose-built workspace. We are a small, fast-moving team and every line of code ships to real users.
The Role
We are looking for an AI Engineer to own the backend of our product. You will build and maintain the core infrastructure that powers Associo's AI capabilities — from document processing pipelines to multi-agent workflows. You will work directly with the founders and iterate quickly on features that matter to our users. This is a hands-on engineering role. You will be expected to move fast, write production code, and take ownership of systems end to end.
What You'll Work On
- Design and build backend services and APIs (Python/FastAPI)
- Build and maintain AI agent workflows — including examples like deep research agents, document agents, and spreadsheet generation agents — and extend these patterns to new use cases as the product evolves
- Integrate and optimize LLM calls, including prompt engineering, context management, retrieval pipelines, and output quality
- Build agents that can programmatically generate Excel files — structured tables, financial models, and data outputs — from natural language instructions
- Improve document parsing and processing pipelines across file types (PDFs, Excel, Word, etc.)
- Build reliable, observable systems — logging, error handling, and cost-awareness matter
- Work with cloud infrastructure on AWS, keeping costs lean
What We're Looking For
- Proven, hands-on experience building AI agents — you have shipped agentic workflows in production, not just experimented with them
- Deep familiarity with agentic frameworks and patterns: LangChain, LangGraph, CrewAI, or custom implementations — you know when to use a framework and when to go custom
- Strong understanding of how to design reliable multi-step agents: tool use, state management, error recovery, and output validation
- 3+ years of backend software development experience with strong Python skills — FastAPI or similar frameworks
- Familiarity with LLM APIs (Anthropic, OpenAI, or similar) and best practices around reliability, latency, and cost
- Experience programmatically generating structured file outputs — Excel, Word, or similar — is a strong plus
- Comfortable working remotely in a fast-moving, early-stage environment where requirements evolve
- Product sense — you care about the end output, not just the code
Nice to Have
- Experience building agentic RAG pipelines
- Exposure to professional services workflows (finance, legal, consulting)
- Frontend familiarity (React) enough to collaborate across the stack
Why Join
- Fully remote with direct access to founders
- Own core product infrastructure from day one
- Work on applied AI that solves real problems for senior professionals
- Lean team, no bureaucracy, fast feedback loops
- Competitive compensation