Member of Technical Staff

Fireworks AI operates an AI platform for production inference and training of open-source models.

San Mateo, United States
About Fireworks AI

Fireworks AI provides serverless and dedicated model inference, model deployment, and supervised and reinforcement fine-tuning for developers and enterprises building AI applications.

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About the Role

You will design, build, and operate backend and cloud-native infrastructure for distributed training, inference, and data processing. You will lead technical designs, mentor engineers, optimize infrastructure, integrate platform technologies, and own systems through deployment.

Requirements

  • Have 4 years of experience designing, building, and optimizing large-scale backend infrastructure and distributed data systems
  • Have 4 years of experience with Python, C++, Go, or TypeScript
  • Have 4 years of experience writing technical design documentation and leading cross-functional projects
  • Have 3 years of experience developing data processing and API systems, including gRPC or Thrift
  • Have 3 years of experience with A/B testing and scientific experimentation
  • Have 2 years of experience with Docker and Kubernetes
  • Have experience with cloud environments including AWS, GCP, or Azure

Responsibilities

  • Architect scalable backend infrastructure for distributed training, inference, and data pipelines
  • Lead technical design discussions and mentor engineers
  • Design and implement efficient, low-latency backend services
  • Optimize compute cost, storage lifecycle management, and network performance
  • Translate research and product requirements into infrastructure solutions
  • Evaluate and integrate Kubernetes, Ray, Kubeflow, and MLFlow
  • Own systems from design through deployment with reliability and fault tolerance

Benefits

  • Equity
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