✦ Luna Orbit — AI & Machine Learning

Lead AI Engineer

at Klaviyo

📍 Palo Alto, CA Onsite Posted March 18, 2026
Type Full-Time
Experience lead
Exp. Years Not specified
Education Not specified
Category AI & Machine Learning

Klaviyo seeks a Lead AI Engineer to design and develop scalable AI backend services and inference pipelines supporting marketing and service AI capabilities. The role involves architecture, implementation, and collaboration across teams to deliver AI-native experiences.

  • Design and build core AI services
  • Implement scalable backend systems and APIs
  • Scale AI data and inference pipelines
  • Develop robust data collection pipelines
  • Partner with product teams to deploy AI solutions

The role involves building backend AI services, APIs, distributed systems, and scalable data pipelines. Technologies include scalable infrastructure, inference pipelines, and AI system architecture.

The ideal candidate is a senior AI engineer with extensive experience in designing and building scalable backend AI services, inference pipelines, and distributed systems. They possess strong collaboration and problem-solving skills, with a focus on deploying reliable AI solutions at scale.

building scalable backend systemsdesigning AI servicesimplementing low-latency APIsscaling inference pipelinesbuilding data collection pipelines
experience with generative modelsdistributed systemsasync processing pipelinesAI product development
APIsDistributed SystemsData Pipelines
Machine LearningAPIsDistributed SystemsData PipelinesAI InfrastructureBackend SystemsAsync ProcessingScalabilityLow-Latency Systems
Machine LearningMLBackend SystemsAPIsDistributed SystemsAsync Processing PipelinesData PipelinesAI InfrastructureScalable BackendInference Pipelines
collaborationproblem-solvingarchitecture designteamworkcommunication
Industry SaaS
Job Function Designing and building scalable AI backend systems and services
Role Subtype AI & Machine Learning
Tech Domains Active Directory, Microsoft 365, Azure, Amazon Web Services, Kubernetes
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Lack of experience with scalable backend systems, No experience in AI infrastructure, Unwillingness to work onsite in Palo Alto

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