Software Engineer, Distributed Systems

About this role:

Key responsibilities

• Build our core Python/Rust platform: request routing, AI workload orchestration, scheduling, GPU autoscaling, large scale file storage, queueing, etc
• Produce forward designs for platform evolution as we scale to 100x current traffic and need to provide low latency across the world
• Leverage AI to an extreme level to automate the mundane parts of building complex but reliable systems
• Profile and tune low level CPU and memory performance

Requirements

• 3+ years experience building distributed compute and orchestration platforms in Python or Rust
• Strong understanding of distributed systems fundamentals: consensus, scheduling, fault tolerance, capacity planning
• Deep understanding of computational complexity and memory allocation
• Track record of designing systems that scale under real production load
• Experience building and using observability to drive performance and reliability decisions
• Excellent communication and ability to drive technical decisions across teams
• Self-starter who executes quickly, takes ownership, and constantly seeks improvement

Nice to have

Compensation

• $180,000-250,000 plus equity + benefits (This range is across all 3 levels Mid, Senior and Staff)

Location

• San Francisco, CA (willing to consider remote for Senior and Staff levels)

What we offer at fal

• Interesting and challenging work
• A lot of learning and growth opportunities
• We are currently hiring in downtown San Francisco.
• We offer relocation assistance to San Francisco.
• Health, dental, and vision insurance (US)
• Regular team events and offsites