Senior Backend Engineer - AI Grid, Hybrid & Equity

X Development, LLC; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 161,000 - 194,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Equity

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

Generous PTO and hybrid work model

401(k)

Job summary

X, the Moonshot factory, is seeking a senior backend software engineer in Mountain View to design and implement secure, scalable infrastructure across the Tapestry platform. You will collaborate with software engineers, ML experts, power systems specialists and product managers to build reliable services that bridge real-world assets with cloud-scale AI.

Candidates should have a CS degree, 3-5 years of enterprise-grade backend experience, proficiency in Java/Kotlin or Go, microservices,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
• 3-5 years of experience building enterprise-grade complex software systems.
• Proficiency in at least one major backend language (Java/Kotlin or Go Lang).

Responsibilities

• Design and implement massive-scale, secure, enterprise-grade backend infrastructure and services.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate requirements into scalable products.
• Build systems for large-scale data processing and AI-driven simulations.
• Interface with external partners to refine requirements and prototype feasibility.

Skills

Java/Kotlin

Go Lang

Microservices

RESTful APIs

gRPC

Cloud SQL

Prometheus Grafana

GCP

AWS/Azure

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related

Job description

X, the Moonshot factory, is seeking a senior backend software engineer in Mountain View to design and implement secure, scalable infrastructure across the Tapestry platform. You will collaborate with software engineers, ML experts, power systems specialists and product managers to build reliable services that bridge real-world assets with cloud-scale AI.

Candidates should have a CS degree, 3-5 years of enterprise-grade backend experience, proficiency in Java/Kotlin or Go, microservices,