Senior Backend Engineer (San Francisco)
This role is ideal for engineers who thrive on complex distributed systems and have deep experience with backend APIs, relational databases, and event-driven architectures. Youll build high-performance, reliable solutions across cloud-native platforms and global infrastructure for a fast-scaling, commerce-driven company.
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.
Experience with payment processors (e.g. Stripe) and billing systems a plus
Experience with Kubernetes, or containers a plus
Experience building and operating data infrastructure (Kinesis, Airflow, Kafka, etc) a plus
What we offer at fal :
Interesting and challenging work
Competitive salary and equity
Employee-friendly equity terms (early exercise, extended exercise)
A lot of learning and growth opportunities
We offer visa sponsorship and will help you relocate to San Francisco.
Health, dental, and vision insurance (US)
Regular team events and offsite
Compensation :
180,000 - $250,000 + equity + comprehensive benefits package
Location :
We are currently hiring in downtown San Francisco.
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