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title: 'Software Engineer - Backend at LG AI Research'
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# Software Engineer - Backend at LG AI Research

- **Company:** LG AI Research
- **Location:** Gangseo-Gu Seoul South, South Korea
- **Posted:** 2026-08-14
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-11
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/lgairesearch/jobs/4724147005

## Job description

팀 소개

Product Development Team은 AI 기술을 기반으로 고객의 요구를 충족하는 AI 서비스를 설계하고 개발합니다. AI 모델과 알고리즘을 실제 서비스로 구현하여 다양한 문제를 해결하며, AI Agent인 ChatEXAONE을 비롯해 연구원에서 개발한 AI 모델을 활용한 Agent와 AI API를 제공하는 서비스 플랫폼 등 다양한 AI 서비스를 자체 개발·운영하고 있습니다.

수행 업무

- 기획 요구사항 분석 및 문서화
- Backend API, DB 설계 및 문서화
- API 서버 및 Agent 개발
- GitLab/GitHub 기반 협업 및 코드 리뷰 참여
- CI/CD 파이프라인 구성 및 개선 (GitLab CI/CD, ArgoCD 등

지원자격

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- Python, Node.js 기반 Backend 서버 개발 경력 3년 이상
- API, DB 설계 및 문서화 역량
- PostgreSQL, Redis 등 RDB, NoSql 활용 역량
- 클라우드 환경(AWS, GCP 등)
- 컨테이너 기술(Docker, Kubernetes 등) 사용 경험
- Git, Docker 등 개발 도구에 대한 깊은 이해

[우대사항]

- GO, JAVA, Kotlin 등 다양한 개발 언어 역량
- 넌블럭킹 비동기 고속 네트워크 프로그래밍 경험
- 메시지 큐, 이벤트 브로커 (Kafka, RabbitMQ 등) 경험
- 분산 시스템 및 마이크로서비스 아키텍처에 대한 경험
- 대용량 DB 처리 및 SQL 성능 최적화 경험

## About LG AI Research

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: LG AI Research is the corporate AI research lab of the LG Group, dedicated to solving complex real-world problems across LG’s diverse businesses through cutting-edge AI research in vision, language, data intelligence, and materials science.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Subsidiary of LG Group, a publicly traded conglomerate; LG Corp ticker: 003550 on KOSPI)
- **Headquarters**: Seoul, South Korea (multiple offices: Yeouido LG Twin Tower, Magok LG Science Park, Magok D&O)
- **Founded**: December 2020
- **Founders**: Established by LG Group; Chief Scientist: Honglak Lee (also Professor at University of Michigan)

## Core Business
- Primary industry/industries: AI Research & Development, Research Services
- Target customers: Primarily internal – LG Group affiliates (LG Electronics, LG Chem, LG Display, LG U+, etc.); also collaborates externally with academic institutions and publishes research.
- Mission or purpose statement: "Advancing AI for a better life" by solving the LG Group’s most challenging problems and conducting fundamental research for future breakthroughs.

## Products & Services
LG AI Research does not sell commercial products; it operates specialized research labs that deliver models, platforms, and intelligence capabilities to LG businesses and the broader AI community.

- **[EXAONE Lab]**: Large Language Model (LLM) research and development, including the EXAONE series of models.
- **[Vision Lab]**: Computer vision research for applications in manufacturing, quality inspection, autonomous systems, etc.
- **[Language Lab]**: Natural language processing, conversational AI, multilingual understanding.
- **[Data Intelligence Lab]**: Data-driven decision-making, predictive analytics, and business optimization.
- **[Materials Intelligence Lab]**: AI for new material discovery, chemistry, and energy research.
- **[Bio Intelligence Lab]**: AI applications in drug discovery, life sciences, and protein design.
- **[Advanced Agent Lab]**: Agentic AI, autonomous systems, and robotics evaluation & benchmarking.
- **[Physical Intelligence Lab]**: Embodied AI, robotics, and physical world interaction.
- **[Superintelligence Lab]**: Long-term fundamental research toward general intelligence.
- **[Platform & Infra Team]**: MLOps, LLM inference infrastructure, and internal AI platforms.
- **[AI Market Insights Team]**: Business intelligence and market analysis for AI strategy.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed (wholly owned by LG Group)
- **Key Metric**: Total headcount of 255 employees (as of mid-2025), with +23.7% YoY growth
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: LG Group affiliates (LG Electronics, LG Chem, LG Display, LG U+, etc.); academic partners including University of Michigan, KAIST, Seoul National University, Yonsei University.
- **Growth Signals**: Headcount growth of 23.7% YoY; expansion to global offices in Ann Arbor (USA), Poland, and Canada; active hiring across multiple research and engineering roles; hosting events like "LG AI Tech CONNECT" in New York; regular publications at top global conferences.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Real-world data & problems**: Unparalleled access to diverse, large-scale industrial data from LG’s electronics, chemical, telecom, battery, and life science businesses.
- **End-to-end impact**: Researchers see their work directly applied to actual business outcomes within LG affiliates.
- **Top-tier infrastructure**: State-of-the-art compute resources, extensive datasets, and latest equipment.
- **World-class talent**: Collaboration with leading academic institutions and a team of highly cited researchers.
- **Autonomous culture**: Culture 3.0 emphasizes researcher autonomy, flextime without core hours, self-approval PTO, and remote work options.

## Strategic Focus
- **Fundamental research**: Continued investment in foundational AI areas (LLMs, agentic AI, scientific foundation models, materials intelligence).
- **Global expansion**: Growing research presence in North America (Ann Arbor) and Europe.
- **Industry-specific AI**: Deepening AI capabilities for LG’s key sectors (chemicals, displays, batteries, new drugs).
- **Talent attraction**: Actively recruiting top AI researchers and engineers through internships, residencies/postdocs, and full-time positions.

## Why Work Here
- **Autonomous work environment**: Flextime with no core hours, self-approval for paid time off, remote work options, and commuter shuttle service.
- **Health & wellness**: Comprehensive medical expense coverage (self & family), annual physical exams, psychological counseling (6 sessions/year), health management allowance.
- **Personal growth**: Generous self-development budget, book allowance, latest work equipment (laptop, monitors), access to vast data and infrastructure.
- **Life support**: Welfare points, family event support, childcare expenses, admission gifts, resort/villa support, separate summer vacation days.
- **Culture**: "Culture 3.0" – a continuously evolving, researcher-centric culture with unlimited snack bars, subsidized meals, and a focus on work-life balance.
- **Global opportunities**: Offices in Seoul, Ann Arbor (USA), Poland, and Canada, with potential for international collaboration and relocation.

## Sources
1. [lgresearch.ai](https://www.lgresearch.ai/)
2. [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/lgairesearch/)
3. [greenhouse.io](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/lgairesearch)
4. [careers.lgresearch.ai](https://careers.lgresearch.ai/c5a2b8bd-6129-4482-a68e-a7dc0d300676)

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