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Senior Software Engineer, Backend

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6 days ago

Base Salary

$180k - $250k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Identify, design, and develop foundational backend services for Fal's commerce platform.
  • Partner with product teams to understand functional requirements and deliver solutions.
  • Write clear, well-tested, and maintainable software and Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
  • Analyze and improve the robustness and scalability of existing distributed systems and APIs.
  • Conduct design and code reviews, create developer documentation, and develop testing strategies.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of experience in building large scale, fault tolerant, distributed systems and API microservices.
  • Expert-level programming skills in Python, Go, or Rust.
  • Experience in designing and improving efficiency, scalability, and stability of system resources.
  • Proficiency in writing and maintaining Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
  • Familiarity with version control practices and integrating IaC with CI/CD pipelines.
  • Experience with payment processors and billing systems is a plus.
  • Experience with Kubernetes or containers is a plus.
  • Experience building and operating data infrastructure is a plus.

Benefits

  • Interesting and challenging work.
  • Competitive salary and equity.
  • Opportunities for learning and growth.
  • Relocation assistance to San Francisco.
  • Health, dental, and vision insurance.
  • Regular team events and offsite.

Tech Stack

Apache AirflowApache KafkaGoKubernetesPythonRust

Categories

BackendData EngineeringDevOps