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title: 'Software Engineer, Distributed Systems at fal'
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# Software Engineer, Distributed Systems at fal

- **Company:** fal
- **Location:** Global
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** remote
- **Posted:** 2026-03-13
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-10
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/fal-ai/0acf2909-a4c4-4ad5-a0fb-61fba66eb89e/application

**Skills:** Python, Rust, Distributed systems, Consensus, Scheduling, Fault tolerance, Capacity planning, Observability, CPU profiling, Memory allocation, AI/ML inference infrastructure, AI/ML training infrastructure, High-performance systems programming, Async runtimes, Zero-copy, Memory-safe concurrency, Multi-tenant compute platforms, Networking fundamentals, GPU workload characteristics, GPU scheduling

> Build and scale core distributed computing platforms using Python and Rust, focusing on reliability, low latency, and high traffic. Design systems for GPU autoscaling, orchestration, and observability while leveraging AI to automate complex infrastructure tasks.

## Job description

fal is the generative media ecosystem powering the next generation of AI products. We build the infrastructure, tools, and model access that teams need to move from idea to production, and do it at scale without compromise. For developers and enterprises, fal is the foundation that makes generative media not just possible, but practical: a unified platform where high-performance inference, orchestration, and observability come together to unlock new categories of AI-native products. As generative media reshapes industries across a market projected to grow by hundreds of billions over the next decade, fal is becoming the ecosystem that ambitious teams build on.

You are an experienced software engineer who thrives on building large-scale computing platforms. You have deep expertise in large scale distributed systems that deal with high complexity, a lot of traffic and data. You know how to achieve reliability and scale with minimum operational load.

## 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

- 5+ 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

Location

- Turkey

## What we offer at fal

- Interesting and challenging work
- A lot of learning and growth opportunities
- Regular team events and offsites

## U.S. EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY INFORMATION:

fal provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other classification protected by applicable law.

## About fal

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: fal provides a serverless generative media platform for developers, enabling lightning-fast inference for image, video, audio, and 3D AI models.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series D)
- **Headquarters**: San Francisco, California, USA
- **Founded**: 2021
- **Founders**: Burkay Gur, Gorkem Yurtseven

## Core Business
- **Industry**: Technology, Information, and Internet (Generative AI Infrastructure)
- **Target Customers**: B2B — developers, enterprises, and research labs building generative AI applications.
- **Mission**: Build the world’s first generative media platform for developers, enabling real-time AI content creation at scale.

## Products & Services
- **fal Inference Engine™**: A globally distributed serverless runtime optimized for large ML models on thousands of GPUs (H100, H200, B200). Up to 10x faster than alternatives, with 99.99% uptime and no cold starts.
- **Model Gallery**: A library of 1,000+ production-ready generative media models (image, video, audio, 3D) accessible via a unified API and SDKs.
- **Dedicated Compute Clusters**: On-demand or reserved GPU clusters for fine-tuning, training, or running custom models, with access to 1000s of Blackwell GPUs.
- **fal Compute**: Hourly GPU pricing for dedicated VMs, starting at $1.89/hr for high-end hardware.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed (most recent round: $140M Series D)
- **Key Metric**: $140M Series D raised
- **Total Funding**: At least $163M across rounds (Pre-Seed $9M, Series A $14M, Series D $140M)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Sequoia Capital, Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), Bessemer Venture Partners, Kleiner Perkins, NVIDIA
- **Growth Signals**:
    - Headcount grew 246% year-over-year to ~84 employees
    - Trusted by 1.5M+ developers and leading enterprises
    - Powers AI features for public companies and hypergrowth startups
    - SOC 2 compliant and enterprise-ready

## Competitive Advantages
- **Serverless, globally distributed inference engine** purpose-built for generative media, eliminating GPU configuration and cold starts.
- **Massive scale**: Capable of handling 100M+ daily inference calls with enterprise-grade reliability.
- **Proprietary distributed data-feeding engine** and deep optimization for diffusion models.
- **Deep ecosystem**: 1,000+ pre-integrated models and strong partnerships with NVIDIA and top-tier VCs.
- **Developer-first experience**: Unified API, SDKs, and per-output pricing model reduce barriers to deployment.

## Strategic Focus
- **Global infrastructure scaling**: Expanding GPU fleet across regions to meet accelerating demand for generative media.
- **Enterprise adoption**: Strengthening compliance (SOC 2, SSO), private endpoints, and dedicated support for large customers.
- **Generative Media Fund**: Investing in the next generation of companies building in the space.
- **Talent acquisition**: Aggressively hiring across engineering, go-to-market, and operations to keep pace with growth.

## Why Work Here
- **Engineering culture**: Fast-paced, high-agency environment focused on infrastructure and ML performance. Teams own critical systems from day one.
- **Work model**: Primarily in-person at downtown San Francisco office. Remote opportunities available for exceptional candidates.
- **Visa sponsorship**: Offered with relocation support to San Francisco.
- **Benefits**: Competitive salary and equity, health/dental/vision insurance, regular team events and offsites.
- **Growth trajectory**: Company is scaling rapidly (headcount +246% YoY) with ambitious goals to 1000x usage, offering significant career growth opportunities.
- **Impact**: Work on the foundational platform powering generative AI for millions of users and leading enterprises.

## Sources
1. [fal.ai](https://fal.ai/)
2. [fal Careers](https://fal.ai/careers)
3. [fal Blog - Series D Announcement](https://blog.fal.ai/our-series-d-scaling-fal/)
4. [LinkedIn - fal](https://www.linkedin.com/company/features-and-labels)
5. [Greenhouse Jobs Board](http://job-boards.greenhouse.io/fal)

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