--- title: 'Software Engineer, Site Reliability at fal' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/software-engineer-site-reliability-fal-global-9d5gzmjqz4jf' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-09-10' --- # Software Engineer, Site Reliability 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/7fbe1d25-29fb-41bb-bd52-4c8f7f277201/application **Skills:** Kubernetes, Terraform, Ansible, Linux networking, CNI plugins, VXLAN, BGP, DNS, CI/CD, GitOps, FluxCD, ArgoCD, Python, Go, Bash, Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, Thanos, VictoriaMetrics > Senior Site Reliability Engineer responsible for maintaining reliability and availability of production infrastructure at scale. Key duties include managing Kubernetes clusters, building CI/CD pipelines, and automating incident resolution using AI-driven tools. ## 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 a seasoned SRE who keeps production infrastructure running at scale. You own the reliability and availability of customer-facing systems — from Kubernetes clusters to deployment pipelines to the networking layer that connects it all. You think in SLOs, automate ruthlessly, and treat every incident as a chance to make the system better. ## Key Responsibilities - Own and operate our Kubernetes infrastructure: cluster lifecycle, upgrades, networking, and multi-tenant isolation for customer workloads - Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines and deployment infrastructure - Leverage AI to an extreme level to automate analysis and resolution of production issues, and improve software development speed, reliability and maintainability - Build dashboards, alerting, and anomaly detection across our systems - Define and enforce SLOs and build out incident response processes - Manage and improve our networking, load balancing, and service mesh configurations - Drive reliability improvements across the stack through automation, runbooks, and chaos engineering ## Requirements - 5+ years experience in managing critical production systems and software development workflows - Strong production experience setting up and operating Kubernetes at scale, using infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, Ansible) - Deep knowledge of Linux networking, container networking (CNI plugins, VXLAN, BGP), and DNS - Experience building CI/CD systems and GitOps workflows (FluxCD, ArgoCD) - Proficiency in Python and either Go or Bash for tooling and automation - Strong experience with logging, monitoring and alerting (Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, Thanos, VictoriaMetrics, Datadog) - 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 managing GPU and AI/ML workloads - Experience with kernel-based monitoring and routing (eBPF, XDP) - Experience with security tooling (Falco, Coroot, SIEM) - Experience with bare metal Kubernetes networking (Calico, Cilium, MetalLB) - Experience with distributed storage systems (Ceph, Longhorn, etc.) 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) ## Other roles at fal - [Community Growth](https://feeny.ai/job/community-growth-fal-san-francisco-kr7qer3t33f9) — San Francisco, CA - [Growth Marketer](https://feeny.ai/job/growth-marketer-fal-san-francisco-2h7dy10cz890) — San Francisco, CA - [Account Manager, Enterprise](https://feeny.ai/job/account-manager-enterprise-fal-san-francisco-wgmhm5avrwrg) — San Francisco, CA - [Program Manager, Global Mobility & Immigration](https://feeny.ai/job/program-manager-global-mobility-immigration-fal-san-francisco-hqkkbr85qv6v) — San Francisco, CA - [Founding GTM Recruiter](https://feeny.ai/job/founding-gtm-recruiter-fal-san-francisco-6xy1qg08tv1r) — San Francisco, CA - [Product Storyteller](https://feeny.ai/job/product-storyteller-fal-san-francisco-hc3h74xg3nvx) — San Francisco, CA - [Senior/Staff Software Engineer, Kubernetes Infrastructure](https://feeny.ai/job/senior-staff-software-engineer-kubernetes-infrastructure-fal-united-states-hx4cwfd1p5nz) — United States - [Senior/Staff Software Engineer, Network Infrastructure](https://feeny.ai/job/senior-staff-software-engineer-network-infrastructure-fal-united-states-s5jtc2a7y3yv) — United States - [Account Receivable Specialist](https://feeny.ai/job/account-receivable-specialist-fal-san-francisco-z3r3jtrmfna2) — San Francisco, CA - [GTM Operations Engineer](https://feeny.ai/job/gtm-operations-engineer-fal-san-francisco-917bk2d9xyh1) — San Francisco, CA