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Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer)

Fireworks AI

Join Fireworks as a Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer) and be a core builder of our backend systems. You will design and build scalable backend services, own major product surfaces from architecture to production, and improve reliability, performance, and developer experience. You will work closely with product, frontend, infra, and GTM to ship end-to-end features and have the opportunity to drive initiatives across teams. This is a unique opportunity to work at the intersection of AI and product development.

You like building real products, not just infrastructure for infrastructure’s sake

Comfortable collaborating with both humans and AI systems (Yes, We’re Serious)

About Fireworks AI

You’re curious about AI and want to build where the future is going

Responsibilities

  • Design and build scalable backend services that power the main web application and various features.
  • Own major product surfaces from architecture to production, improving reliability, performance, and developer experience.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ship end-to-end features, driving initiatives across teams to get things done.
  • You think in terms of systems, tradeoffs, and business impact

Requirements

  • You enjoy driving initiatives across teams to get things done
  • You want ownership, not task lists

You care about developer experience and clean abstractions

  • 5+ years of experience helping humans solve real problems
  • 2+ years of working with AI — agents, bots, chats, or building on top of models

Pay

USD 200,000 - 290,000