Backend Engineer - Enterprise

ABOUT THE ROLE:

The Enterprise Agents Engineering Team at xAI is a team of builders solving the hardest problems in applied AI: integrating with messy systems, orchestrating complex workflows, and harnessing AI to transform business operations. We build full-stack solutions with ownership of end-to-end product execution from ideation to deployment, collaborating closely with our team to incorporate cutting-edge AI advancements into robust and reliable user-centric solutions. Through an iterative development process, we work hand-in-hand with customers to gather feedback, refine features, and evolve products to address real-world challenges.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

• Expert knowledge of either Rust or C++,
• Experience in designing, implementing, and maintaining reliable and horizontally scalable distributed systems,
• Knowledge of service observability and reliability best practices,
• Experience in operating commonly used databases such as PostgreSQL, Clickhouse, and CockroachDB

PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

• Expert knowledge of Python,
• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and containerized applications,
• Expert knowledge of TypeScript,
• Expert knowledge of gRPC (unary, response streaming, bi-directional streaming, REST mapping),
• Hands-on experience with LLM APIs, embeddings, or RAG patterns
• Track record of delivering user-facing software at scale.