System Ownership: Design, develop, and own scalable backend services and high-performance APIs for enterprise AI applications.
Production-Grade AI Systems: Develop robust backend architectures integrating Large Language Models, vector databases, retrieval systems, and external APIs.
Agent & RAG Infrastructure: Build and optimize backend infrastructure powering AI agents, RAG pipelines, and enterprise automation workflows.
Architecture & Reliability: Make key architectural decisions, troubleshoot complex technical challenges, and continuously improve system scalability, monitoring, and performance.
Leadership & Mentorship: Lead technical discussions, collaborate across AI/ML and product teams, and mentor junior engineers while fostering engineering excellence.
What We’re Looking For
Senior Backend Expertise: 5+ years of backend software engineering experience with strong proficiency in Python and modern frameworks like FastAPI, Flask, or Django.
System Design & Databases: Deep understanding of database design, data modeling, microservices, and distributed systems architecture.
Generative AI Systems: Hands-on experience building Generative AI applications, LLM integrations, RAG architectures, or agentic frameworks.
Engineering Standards: Proven track record writing clean, maintainable, and testable code following enterprise-grade engineering best practices.
Problem-Solving & Ownership: Strong analytical skills and the ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment while translating business needs into technical solutions.
Why Join Us
Cutting-Edge AI Systems: Work on high-stakes, genuine AI engineering problems and build architectures powering Fortune 100–1000 organizations.
Architectural Leadership: Opportunity to shape platform architecture, set engineering standards, and influence core product strategy from an early stage.
Core Engineering Ownership: Be a key engineering leader in our Bangalore hub, collaborating with global AI leaders backed by top-tier investors.
Ovii Interpretation
This AI Engineer role focuses on backend systems for enterprise AI applications, including LLM integrations, retrieval-augmented generation, and AI agents. It combines hands-on service development with architectural decisions, reliability improvements, technical collaboration, and mentoring.
Role at a glance
AI engineeringBackend services and APIsGenerative AI systemsLLM integrationsRAG and agent infrastructureSystem architectureTechnical mentorship
Skills mentioned
PythonFastAPIFlaskor DjangoBackend software engineeringHigh-performance APIsLarge language models (LLMs)Vector databasesRetrieval systemsExternal API integrations
What you will likely work on
Design and develop backend services and APIs for enterprise AI applications.
Integrate LLMs, vector databases, retrieval systems, and external APIs into production architectures.
Build and improve infrastructure for AI agents, RAG pipelines, and enterprise automation.
Make architectural decisions and address complex technical problems.
Improve system scalability, monitoring, reliability, and performance.
Write clean, maintainable, testable code to enterprise engineering standards.
Collaborate with AI/ML and product teams, lead technical discussions, and mentor junior engineers.
Translate business needs into technical solutions.
Good fit signals
You bring at least five years of backend software engineering experience and strong Python proficiency.
You have hands-on experience building generative AI applications, LLM integrations, RAG architectures, or agentic frameworks.
You understand database design, data modeling, microservices, and distributed systems architecture.
You can work independently, solve analytical problems, and translate business needs into technical solutions.
You are comfortable shaping architecture, collaborating across teams, and mentoring junior engineers.
Meet Korza
Korza is an AI engineering and consulting company founded in 2026. It works with mid-sized businesses, including private equity-backed companies, to identify opportunities for artificial intelligence and build software tailored to their operations. Korza combines business consulting, product management, and engineering to develop AI applications, agents, workflow automation, and data integration platforms. Its teams use AI-assisted development tools and reusable software components to deliver projects. Publicly described work includes AI products for enterprise software companies, automation for business services providers, and applications for sales and customer service. Korza helps clients introduce AI into existing systems and workflows without relying solely on off-the-shelf software.
Founded
2026
Company size
51-200
Company stage
Not known
Headquarters
San Francisco, USA
Why work here
Korza offers opportunities to design AI agents, data pipelines, backend services, and enterprise applications. Its official launch announcement reported an 80-person team, work with more than a dozen private equity-backed companies, and $20 million in seed funding. Founders Roy Singh and Zack Kass previously held AI leadership roles at Bain & Company and OpenAI, respectively. RSA has identified Korza as an engineering partner in its Agent ID product. Korza is hiring engineers for a Bengaluru-based remote engineering hub, and its public job postings describe work on Python, APIs, retrieval-augmented generation, and distributed systems. As a company founded in 2026, its structure and roles may continue to evolve.
Clearlake Capital Group, Permira, Silver Lake, SkyKnight Capital
Tech stack
Python
Key people
2 people
RSRoy SinghCo-founder and Chief Executive OfficerView bioHide bio
Roy Singh is Korza's co-founder and CEO. He previously led AI at Bain & Company, served as CTO at Guavus and AltX, worked at Microsoft, and began his career at Boston Consulting Group. He and Zack Kass established Korza to combine business consulting with AI software engineering for mid-sized businesses.
ZKZack KassCo-founder and PresidentView bioHide bio
Zack Kass is Korza's co-founder and President. He previously led go-to-market operations at OpenAI, overseeing sales, partnerships, and customer success. His earlier experience includes Figure Eight, Lilt, and Weights & Biases. He earned a BA from the University of California, Berkeley. He co-founded Korza to help companies develop and deploy AI solutions.
RSA Announces Agent ID with Korza as Engineering Partner
RSA·
RSA announced Agent ID, a platform for discovering and governing AI agent identities. The company named Korza as an AI engineering partner involved in its development and quoted Korza CEO Roy Singh on agent governance.
Korza Launches Publicly and Announces $20 Million Seed Funding
Korza·
Korza announced its public launch and disclosed a $20 million seed round raised in January 2026 from investors including Clearlake Capital Group, Permira, Silver Lake, and SkyKnight Capital. The company reported a team of 80 and work with more than a dozen private equity-backed businesses.