Maze

Backend Engineer (AI Agents)

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About the role

Summary of the Role:

As an Engineer at Maze, you'll play a pivotal role in shaping our product, with significant focus on the development of AI Agents and ML systems. You will have the unique opportunity to design, build, and scale a product from the ground up, influencing everything from architecture decisions to ML integrations and the overall user experience. This is an exciting chance to be at the core of our technical team, driving innovation in AI-powered cybersecurity solutions and ensuring seamless integration across the stack.

Your Contributions to Our Journey:

AI Agents: Play a pivotal role in the development and scaling of complex AI Agents to tackle some of the biggest challenges in cybersecurity.

Architect and Develop: Design and implement backend systems that effectively support agentic workloads, ensuring they are scalable, maintainable, and secure.

End-to-End Ownership: Take ownership of the entire development lifecycle, from concept and design to deployment and maintenance.

Integrate Seamlessly: Work closely with other engineers, our designer/product manager to ensure seamless integration of new features and services.

Optimize for Performance: Continuously monitor and improve application performance, security, and scalability.

Establish Best Practices: Define and enforce coding standards, best practices, and documentation to maintain high code quality.

Rapid Prototyping: Quickly prototype and iterate on new features, adapting to user feedback and changing requirements.

Mentor and Lead: As the team grows, mentor junior engineers and lead by example in technical discussions and code reviews.

What You Need to Be Successful:

Extensive Experience: 7+ years of experience in backend development

Backend Mastery: Strong experience with backend development, including RESTful API design, database management, and server-side frameworks (e.g., Python).

ML/AI Understanding: Working knowledge of machine learning principles and experience integrating LLMs or other AI services into production applications. Familiarity with tools like LangChain, LlamaIndex, or similar frameworks is a plus.

Cloud Experience: Familiarity with cloud platforms (e.g., AWS) and their ML services, along with DevOps practices, including CI/CD and containerization (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).

Problem-Solving Skills: Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities, with a focus on delivering robust and scalable solutions.

AI Systems Architecture: Understanding of how to architect systems that effectively leverage AI capabilities while maintaining performance and reliability.

Collaborative Spirit: Excellent communication skills and the ability to work effectively in a cross-functional team.

Agility and Adaptability: Comfort working in a fast-paced startup environment with the ability to pivot and adapt as needed, particularly in the rapidly evolving AI landscape.

Why Join Us:

Ambitious Challenges: We are using Generative AI (LLMs and Agents) to solve some of the most pressing challenges in cybersecurity today. You’ll be working at the cutting edge of this field, aiming to deliver significant breakthroughs for security teams.

Expert Team: We are a team of hands-on leaders with deep experience in Big Tech and Scale-ups. Our team has been part of the leadership teams behind multiple acquisitions and an IPO.

Impactful Work: Cybersecurity is becoming a challenge to most companies and helping them mitigate risk ultimately helps drive better outcomes for all of us.

Interview prep

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Technology & IT API integration Figma MySQL Python Writing Mid level

Likely questions

  1. Tell us about work you have done that is close to the Backend Engineer (AI Agents) role.
  2. How would you approach your first 30 days at Maze?
  3. Which of API integration, Figma and MySQL have you used recently, and what did it help you achieve?
  4. Describe a time you solved a problem without waiting to be told exactly what to do.
  5. How do you handle busy days, changing priorities, or pressure at work?

Prepare before the call

  • A recent example that proves your experience with API integration, Figma and MySQL.
  • One short story with a problem, your action, and the result.
  • Two examples that show the strengths listed on your CV.
  • A clear reason why this role and company interest you.
  • Your availability, preferred work style, and salary expectations.

Ask them

  • What would success look like in the first 90 days?
  • What are the main problems this hire should help solve?
  • How does the team give feedback and measure good work?
  • What does a normal working week look like for this role?
Practice line

I am interested in the Backend Engineer (AI Agents) role because I can bring practical experience in API integration, Figma and MySQL, learn the team quickly, and contribute to the outcomes Maze needs from this hire.

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