Mural
Staff Backend Engineer, AI Systems
United States Remote · Staff+
Sponsorship not specified$181k-$226kDetected 16 hours ago
ReactNode.jsDistributed SystemsFull-Stack DevelopmentAzureMachine LearningLLMsAgentic AIAI OrchestrationA/B TestingIncident ResponseCommunicationCollaborationMentoring
About the role
- The AI Innovation Team at Mural is pioneering how generative AI transforms visual collaboration and decision-making.
- We're a remote-first group of engineers, designers, and product thinkers focused on helping teams work together more effectively.
- Our goal isn't to replace human creativity.
Responsibilities
- Build the core backend systems that power Mural's agent platform, including orchestration, durable execution, tool execution, memory, observability, and evaluation infrastructure
- Design scalable services and APIs that allow AI agents to retrieve context, coordinate multi-step workflows, interact with Mural data, and act reliably on behalf of users
- Develop the agent memory layer, including systems for conversation context, product context, retrieval, summarization, compaction, and long-term context management
- Create infrastructure to monitor, debug, and improve agent behavior through traces, metrics, feedback loops, and offline evaluation
- Champion engineering excellence, mentoring others and establishing best practices for building reliable AI systems
- 7+ years of software engineering experience, with strong expertise designing, building, and operating reliable production systems, scalable services and APIs, and well-defined system architectures
- Strong communication skills, with the ability to produce clear technical documentation and collaborate cross-functionally
Requirements
- Experience with knowledge graphs, graph-based data modeling, entity resolution, or relationship-aware retrieval systems
Compensation
- The base salary + variable pay for this role ranges from $181,000 - $226,000 + benefits.
Company info
- It's to amplify it, building AI that enhances how people align, communicate, and make decisions visually.
- You will design and build the core AI systems and platforms that enable Mural's next wave of agentic, AI-driven collaboration experiences.
- Rather than building isolated AI features, you'll work on the core backend systems that power Mural's agent platform, including agent orchestration, durable execution, contextual memory, tool integration, observability, and evaluation.
- Your work will enable intelligent agents to reason over product context, act on behalf of users, and operate reliably and safely at scale.
- Our stack at Mural includes Azure OpenAI, React, Node, MongoDB.
Equal opportunity
- We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.
- Please contact us to request accommodation.
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