Chief Enterprise Data Architect

4 weeks ago

San Francisco, California, United States Tbwa ChiatDay Inc Full time

MindsDB is a pioneering AI company headquartered in San Francisco, California, pushing the boundaries of AI and Data convergence. As a leader in empowering businesses to easily build AI capabilities that can Think, Understand, and Orchestrate, our passion is driving innovation and scalability.

Founded in 2017 by Adam Carrigan and Jorge Torres, inspired by Ian M. Banks's Culture series, MindsDB began as an Open-Source project and has grown into one of the most widely used AI-Data platforms globally, with a thriving community and over 700 contributor developers worldwide.

We are backed by significant funding from reputable investors like Mayfield, Benchmark, YCombinator, and nVidia. MindsDB has been 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).

The Role

As a Backend Engineer at MindsDB, you'll play a pivotal role in ensuring the stability, performance, and security of MindsDB Core. You will develop and maintain scalable and efficient backend systems, utilizing your expertise in Python, Flask, and related technologies to lead development, testing, and deployment.

Your responsibilities involve 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 & Qualifications
  • 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
  • Experience working in a fast moving, growing startup environment
Benefits & Perks
  • Flexible Working Hours
  • Competitive Compensation: $190,000 - $230,000 USD
  • 401k with up to 6% matching
  • Unlimited PTO
  • New Hire Remote Setup budget ($1500)
  • Lunch Provided Mon-Fri
  • Commuter Budget ($1200/year)
  • Monthly (virtual) team events
  • International in-person company retreats
  • Wellbeing/Mental Health leave
Diversity, Equality & Inclusion

MindsDB is an equal-opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all of our employees. MindsDB will give all qualified applicants consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances.

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