Fireworks AI Logo

Fireworks AI

Software Engineer, Backend Infrastructure

Job Posted 16 Days Ago Posted 16 Days Ago
8 Locations
Mid level
8 Locations
Mid level
As a Backend Software Engineer, you'll design and develop core backend systems for AI workloads, focusing on efficiency, scalability, and stability while collaborating with cross-functional teams.
The summary above was generated by AI

About Us:

Here at Fireworks, we’re building the future of generative AI infrastructure. Fireworks offers the generative AI platform with the highest-quality models and the fastest, most scalable inference. We’ve been independently benchmarked to have the fastest LLM inference and have been getting great traction with innovative research projects, like our own function calling and multi-modal models. Fireworks is funded by top investors, like Benchmark and Sequoia, and we’re an ambitious, fun team composed primarily of veterans from Pytorch and Google Vertex AI.

The Role:

As a Backend Software Engineer, you’ll be responsible for designing and developing the core backend systems that power Fireworks AI’s high-performance generative AI platform. Your work will focus on ensuring efficiency, scalability, and stability in handling AI workloads.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Design and build core backend software components, ensuring efficiency, scalability, and stability of system resources

  • Conduct design/code reviews and collaborate with cross-functional teams

  • Continuously analyze and optimize infrastructure efficiency for AI workloads (compute, storage, networking)

Minimum qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience

  • 3+ years experience working in ML infra (PyTorch, Vertex AI, Sagemaker, etc.)

  • Experience building, scaling, and optimizing enterprise-grade Machine Learning systems

Preferred qualifications:

  • Experience in AI or large scale infrastructure

  • Master’s or PhD degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience

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.

Top Skills

Machine Learning
PyTorch
Sagemaker
Vertex Ai

Similar Jobs

20 Days Ago
Remote
4 Locations
Senior level
Senior level
Cloud • Legal Tech • Software
The Staff Software Developer will solve performance and scalability issues in Clio's core applications and databases, guiding teams on best practices for database management.
Top Skills: MySQLPercona ToolkitProxysqlSQL
20 Days Ago
Remote
4 Locations
Mid level
Mid level
Cloud • Legal Tech • Software
Collaborate with developers to create innovative back-end solutions, maintain software using agile methodologies, and contribute to cross-functional projects, focusing on performance and reliability.
Top Skills: AgileRuby On RailsTest-Driven Development
2 Hours Ago
Remote
Hybrid
7 Locations
Senior level
Senior level
Cloud • Computer Vision • Information Technology • Sales • Security • Cybersecurity
The role involves designing and developing cloud-native microservices for a Next-Gen SIEM platform, leading complex projects, mentoring junior engineers, and ensuring software engineering best practices.
Top Skills: C#DockerGoGrafanaJavaKafkaKubernetesOpensearchPostgresPythonRedis

What you need to know about the Ottawa Tech Scene

The capital city of Canada and the nation's fourth-largest urban area, Ottawa has proven a rapidly growing global tech hub. With over 1,800 tech companies, many of which are leaders in their sectors, the city's tech talent now makes up more than 13 percent of its total workforce. This growth is driven not only by the big players like UL Solutions and Dropbox, but also by a thriving startup ecosystem, as new businesses emerge to follow in the footsteps of those that came before them.
By clicking Apply you agree to share your profile information with the hiring company.

Sign up now Access later

Create Free Account

Please log in or sign up to report this job.

Create Free Account