Role overview
abra R&D is looking for a Staff AI Engineer!**
abra R&D is looking for a Staff AI Engineer to help build a next-generation agentic analytics platform, the first real-time database optimized for AI agents at scale.
This role focuses on building the developer-facing platform around the core database engine — enabling seamless integration with AI agent frameworks (LangChain, PydanticAI, and others), as well as external systems via connectors, plugins, and SDKs.
What we're looking for
- 5+ years of experience in backend or platform engineering
- Strong proficiency in at least one of: Python, TypeScript, Go, or Rust
- Experience designing and building production-grade APIs and SDKs
- Strong understanding of distributed systems and service architecture
- Experience with event-driven systems, streaming, or real-time architectures
- Solid understanding of API design best practices (REST/gRPC, versioning, developer experience)
- Experience building developer platforms or public SDKs
- Familiarity with AI/LLM ecosystems (LangChain, agents, tool calling)
- Experience with plugin architectures or extensibility frameworks
- Background in data platforms, databases, or infrastructure tooling
- Experience with async systems, concurrency, and high-throughput services