Staff Backend Engineer – Hybrid AI Grid Platforms

X, The Moonshot Factory; Mountain View (CA); Hybrid; USD 207,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary & equity

Medical coverage

PTO & hybrid

401(k) plan

Professional development

Alphabet-backed environment

Job summary

X, The Moonshot Factory (Google) is hiring a Staff Backend Software Engineer to design and implement secure, scalable infrastructure across the Tapestry platform. You will work with engineers, ML experts, domain experts and PMs to ship robust backend services that power the AI-powered electric grid.

Ideal candidates have 10+ years’ experience in enterprise-grade systems, strong CS fundamentals, and proficiency in Java/Kotlin or Go.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in CS or related field.
• Strong CS fundamentals in algorithms and data structures.
• 10+ years of enterprise-scale software experience.
• Excellent problem solving in ambiguous situations.
• Experience mentoring engineers and leading architectural decisions.
• Proficiency in backend languages (Java/Kotlin or Go).
• Experience with microservices and cloud services.
• Experience with RESTful APIs, gRPC, and event-driven design patterns, plus Cloud SQL.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement robust, end-to-end production-grade software.
• Drive technologies and product development for the energy domain.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams of engineers, scientists, domain experts and PMs.
• Interface with external partners to refine technical requirements and prototype feasibility.
• Lead architectural decisions and drive technical strategy across teams.

Skills

Bachelor's degree

Algorithms & DS

10+ years exp

Problem solving

Cross-functional work

Backend languages

Data processing

Microservices

Logging & monitoring

Cloud platforms

Technical leadership

Mentoring engineers

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or related field

Tools

REST APIs

gRPC

Event-driven design

Cloud SQL (PostgreSQL/MySQL)

Prometheus

Grafana

Cloud monitoring

Job description

X, The Moonshot Factory (Google) is hiring a Staff Backend Software Engineer to design and implement secure, scalable infrastructure across the Tapestry platform. You will work with engineers, ML experts, domain experts and PMs to ship robust backend services that power the AI-powered electric grid.

Ideal candidates have 10+ years’ experience in enterprise-grade systems, strong CS fundamentals, and proficiency in Java/Kotlin or Go.