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Member of Technical Staff, Software Engineer

Fireworks AISan MateoEngineering
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Salary
$200K - $290K USD
Job type
Full-time
Work mode
Remote
Posted
8 Mar 2026
Status
Open · checked 7d ago

About this role

Role Overview

Fireworks AI is hiring a full-time Member of Technical Staff, Software Engineer to work in San Mateo or remotely. This position suits an experienced developer who wants to build backend systems that drive production AI platforms.

Key Responsibilities

Design and construct scalable backend services.
Take full ownership of major product surfaces from initial architecture all the way to production.
Enhance system reliability, overall performance, and the developer experience.
Collaborate directly with customers to identify and understand their pain points.
Release enterprise-grade features rapidly without traditional corporate delays.
Leverage AI tooling aggressively to automate daily engineering workflows.

Requirements

Bring five or more years of overall experience helping people solve real-world problems.
Possess at least two years of direct working experience with AI technologies such as agents, bots, chats, or building directly on top of models.
Demonstrate comfort collaborating with both human teammates and AI systems.
Enjoy building tangible products and thinking in terms of systems, tradeoffs, and business impact.

Skills and Tools

PyTorch
Backend systems design and architecture
APIs and developer tooling
Model and fine-tuning job orchestration

Salary and Benefits

Annual salary range of USD 200,000 to USD 290,000.
Tackle difficult challenges at the forefront of AI infrastructure, including low-latency inference and scalable model serving.
Opportunity to build bleeding-edge technology that shapes how businesses and developers harness artificial intelligence globally.
Work in an environment focused on ownership and impact with minimal bureaucracy.

About the Company

Fireworks AI operates as a platform for specialized intelligence, allowing organizations to build, train, and serve artificial intelligence models customized to their specific data, workflows, and products. The company was founded by the team behind PyTorch and is backed by prominent investors such as AMD, Benchmark Capital, Index Ventures, Lightspeed, NVIDIA, Sequoia Capital, and TCV. Valued as a Series D company, Fireworks AI powers production artificial intelligence utilizing hundreds of state-of-the-art open models spanning text, image, embedding, audio, and multimodal workloads.

How to Apply

Interested candidates should visit the official Fireworks AI careers page to submit their application for this role.

Skills and tech stack

Questions candidates ask

What is the salary range for this role?

The annual salary ranges from USD 200,000 to USD 290,000.

Where is the position located?

The role is based in San Mateo with remote work options available.

How much experience is required?

Candidates must have 5+ years of experience helping humans solve real problems, including at least 2 years of working with AI.

What department is this position in?

This role is part of the Engineering department.

What kind of systems will I be building?

You will build backend systems including the main web application, model and fine-tuning job orchestration, billing and enterprise features, accounts and access controls, and APIs.

Ready to apply?

The application is on the official Fireworks AI careers page.

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