Back-end Engineer

    • Jobot
  • Berkeley, CA
  • Posted 3 hours ago | Updated 3 hours ago

Overview

On Site
Hybrid
$175,000 - $230,000
Full Time

Skills

Prototyping
Artificial intelligence
Flask
Leadership
Development testing
Software deployment
Design
User experience
Innovation
Open source
Unstructured data
Semantics
Business intelligence
Data
Transformer
Collaboration
Research
Systems design
IT architecture
Python
SQL
Amazon Web Services
Docker
GitHub
Communication
Microservices
Kubernetes
Machine Learning (ML)
Startups
Life insurance
Internet
Budget
Virtual team

Job Details

Job Description

Job Description
Bonus + Amazing Benefits + Upward Mobility

This Jobot Job is hosted by: Ryan Kilroy
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Salary: $175,000 - $230,000 per year

A bit about us:



We are a fast-growing AI startup headquartered in San Francisco, California. As a leading innovator bringing AI and Data together, our passion is empowering companies to easily build AI capabilities that can Think, Understand and Orchestrate: enabling teams to move from prototyping & experimentation to production in a fast & scalable way.

We are backed with over $55M in funding from Mayfield, Benchmark, YCombinator, and nVidia. MindsDB is also recognized by Forbes as one of America's most promising AI companies (2021) and by Gartner as a Cool Vendor for Data and AI (2022).

Why join us?



THE ROLE
As a Backend Engineer, you ll ensure the stability, performance, and security. You will maintain scalable and efficient backend systems, using your expertise in Python, Flask, and related technologies to lead development, testing, and deployment.

Your role involves improving existing components, adding new functionality, and collaborating with product managers to design solutions that enhance the user experience. You'll drive innovation and best practices to support our mission of delivering secure, high-quality solutions for customers and the open-source community.

This is a hybrid role (2-3 days in office/week) and we are looking for a candidate based in the Bay Area.

Job Details



WHAT YOU LL BE WORKING ON
  • Develop and optimize LLM-powered enterprise applications, including Text-to-SQL and Retrieval Augmented
  • Generation (RAG) systems for structured and unstructured data.
  • Implement advanced chunking and retrieval techniques, applying methods like semantic retrieval, query expansion, and bi-encoders to enhance data interaction.
  • Fine-tune and deploy transformer models (e.g., Llama, OpenAI) into production, building agentic systems to extend LLM capabilities.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams on research, system design, code reviews, and best engineering practices.
  • Write clean, maintainable code while contributing to the technical architecture and ensuring robust system performance.

REQUIREMENTS/QUALIFICATIONS
You will have:

  • 5+ years Backend Engineering experience
  • 3-5 years of Python experience
  • 2-3 years of SQL experience
  • 1-2 years of AWS experience
  • 1-2 years of REST and Docker experience
  • 1-2 years of GitHub experience
  • Fast, high quality development
  • Strong communication skills
  • Experience working in a fast moving, growing startup environment

Nice to have:

  • Experience with microservices architecture
  • Experience with Kubernetes
  • Experience with Machine Learning
  • Experience working in a fast-moving, growing startup environment.

BENEFITS & PERKS
  • Flexible Working Hours
  • Competitive Compensation
  • Competitive Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance
  • 401k with up to 6% matching
  • Unlimited PTO
  • New Hire Remote Setup budget ($1500)
  • Lunch Provided Mon-Fri
  • Internet Budget ($25/month)
  • Commuter Budget ($1200/year)
  • Learning & Development budget
  • Wellbeing Budget ($1200/year)
  • Monthly (virtual) team events
  • International in-person company retreats
  • Wellbeing/Mental Health leave


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