Senior Backend Engineer

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. You’ll build high-performance, reliable solutions across cloud-native platforms and global infrastructure for a fast-scaling, commerce-driven company.

Must Have

• 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
• 5+ years of experience in building large scale, fault tolerant, distributed systems and API microservices
• Expert-level programmer in 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

Good to Have

• 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)

Perks & Benefits

• Interesting and challenging work
• Competitive salary and equity
• Employee-friendly equity terms (early exercise, extended exercise)
• A lot of learning and growth opportunities
• Visa sponsorship and relocation assistance to San Francisco
• Health, dental, and vision insurance (US)
• Regular team events and offsite

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. You’ll 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