Backend Engineer

MindsDB is 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.

As a Backend Engineer at MindsDB, you'll ensure the stability, performance, and security of MindsDB Core. 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 MindsDB's 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.

Key Responsibilities:

• 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:

• 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

MindsDB offers competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits, and a dynamic work environment. Join us in shaping the future of AI and data integration!