# Software Engineer, Compute (Mid/Senior/Staff)
**Company:** [Fal](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/fal)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA
**Salary:** $180K-$250K
**Skills:** Python, Rust, Distributed Systems, Kubernetes, GPU, Observability, AI/ML, Async Rust, Networking, Scheduling
**Posted:** 2026-04-30
> Builds large-scale distributed compute platforms in Python/Rust for AI workloads, including orchestration, GPU autoscaling, and low-latency global scaling. Requires 3+ years in distributed systems with strong fundamentals in consensus, fault tolerance, and performance tuning.
## Job Description
## Key Responsibilities

- Build our core Python/Rust platform: request routing, AI workload orchestration, scheduling, GPU autoscaling, large scale file storage, queueing, etc
- Produce forward designs for platform evolution as we scale to 100x current traffic and need to provide low latency across the world
- Leverage AI to an extreme level to automate the mundane parts of building complex but 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

## Nice to Have

- 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

## Compensation

$180,000-250,000 plus equity + benefits (This range is across all 3 levels)
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