# Senior Backend Engineer
**Company:** [Fal](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/fal)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA
**Salary:** $180K-$250K
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** Python, Go, Rust, Infrastructure As Code, CI/CD, Kubernetes, Stripe, Distributed Systems, Microservices, Kafka
**Posted:** 2025-12-16
> Builds and scales foundational backend services for a commerce platform, focusing on distributed systems, APIs, and cloud-native infrastructure. Requires 5+ years experience with Python/Go/Rust and IaC proficiency.
## 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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