# Senior Software Engineer, Backend

**Company:** [Fal](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/fal)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA
**Role:** Backend Engineering
**Salary:** $180k – $250k/yr
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** Python, Go, Rust, Distributed Systems, Api Microservices, Infrastructure As Code, CI/CD, Kubernetes, Kafka, Airflow, Kinesis, Stripe
**Posted:** 2025-07-21

> Senior backend engineer building foundational services for fal's generative media and commerce platform. Design and scale distributed systems, APIs, databases, and IaC on cloud infrastructure. Requires 5+ years experience with Python, Go, or Rust.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Identify, design, and develop foundational backend services that power Fal's commerce platform.
- Partner with product teams to understand functional requirements and deliver solutions that meet business needs.
- Write clear, well-tested, and maintainable software and IaC for both new and existing systems.
- Analyze and improve the robustness and scalability of existing distributed systems, APIs, databases, and infrastructure.
- Conduct design and code reviews, create developer documentation, and develop testing strategies for robustness and fault tolerance.

## Requirements
- 5+ years of demonstrated experience in building large scale, fault tolerant, distributed systems and API microservices.
- Expert-level programmer in one or more of Python, Go, or Rust.
- Experience designing, analyzing and improving efficiency, scalability, and stability of various system resources.
- Proficiency in writing and maintaining Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
- Proficiency in version control practices and integrating IaC with CI/CD pipelines.

## Nice-to-Haves
- Experience with payment processors (e.g. Stripe) and billing systems.
- Experience with Kubernetes, or containers.
- Experience building and operating data infrastructure (Kinesis, Airflow, Kafka, etc).

## Compensation
- $180,000 - $250,000 + equity + comprehensive benefits package.

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