Software Engineer, Distributed Systems
Fal- Location
- San Francisco · Remote
- Workplace
- Remote
- Employment
- Full Time
- Salary
- USD 180,000–250,000/yr
Posted 4mo ago
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Responsibilities
- Build core Python/Rust platform: request routing, AI workload orchestration, scheduling, GPU autoscaling, large scale file storage, queueing
- Produce forward designs for platform evolution
- Leverage AI to automate building 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
Preferred
- Experience with AI/ML inference or training infrastructure
- Experience with high-performance systems programming (async runtimes, zero-copy, memory-safe concurrency)
- Background in building multi-tenant compute platforms
- Understanding of networking fundamentals and performance characteristics
- Familiarity with GPU workload characteristics and scheduling constraints
Skills
- Python
- Rust
- GPU
- AWS
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