Member of Technical Staff, Software Engineer

Job Application for Member of Technical Staff, Software Engineer at Fireworks AI

Member of Technical Staff, Software Engineer San Mateo, CA

About Us:

At Fireworks, we’re building the future of generative AI infrastructure. Our platform delivers the highest-quality models with the fastest and most scalable inference in the industry. We’ve been independently benchmarked as the leader in LLM inference speed and are driving cutting-edge innovation through projects like our own function calling and multimodal models. Fireworks is a Series C company valued at $4 billion and backed by top investors including Benchmark, Sequoia, Lightspeed, Index, and Evantic. We’re an ambitious, collaborative team of builders, founded by veterans of Meta PyTorch and Google Vertex AI.

The Role:

You’ll be a core builder of the backend systems that power Fireworks:

Our main web application

Model and fine-tuning job orchestration

Billing and enterprise features

Accounts, org management, access controls

Policy enforcement and governance

APIs and developer tooling

And many other cool things!

This is platform engineering with product impact. Your systems will directly shape how customers build on top of AI. You’ll work closely with product, frontend, infra, and GTM to ship end-to-end features — not just tickets.

What You’ll Do

Design and build scalable backend services

Own major product surfaces from architecture to production

Improve reliability, performance, and developer experience

Work directly with customers to understand pain points

Ship enterprise-grade features without enterprise slowness

Use AI tooling aggressively — we expect you to automate yourself

You Might Be a Fit If

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

You enjoy driving initiatives across teams to get things done

You think in terms of systems, tradeoffs, and business impact

You care about developer experience and clean abstractions

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

You want ownership, not task lists

Minimum Qualifications

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

5+ years of experience helping humans solve real problems

2+ years of working with AI — agents, bots, chats, or building on top of models

Total compensation for this role also includes meaningful equity in a fast-growing startup, along with a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package. Base salary is determined by a range of factors including individual qualifications, experience, skills, interview performance, market data, and work location. The listed salary range is intended as a guideline and may be adjusted.

Base Pay Range (Plus Equity) $175,000 - $220,000 USD

Why Fireworks AI?

Solve Hard Problems: Tackle challenges at the forefront of AI infrastructure, from low-latency inference to scalable model serving.

Build What’s Next: Work with bleeding-edge technology that impacts how businesses and developers harness AI globally.

Ownership & Impact: Join a fast-growing, passionate team where your work directly shapes the future of AI—no bureaucracy, just results.

Learn from the Best: Collaborate with world-class engineers and AI researchers who thrive on curiosity and innovation.

Fireworks AI is an equal-opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all innovators.

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