GenAI Backend Engineer: HTTP Proxies & Scale

Speedrun Talent Network; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

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Job summary

fal is building the generative media infrastructure powering AI products with scalable HTTP proxies, model access, and observability. We provide the foundations teams need to move from idea to production, at scale and without compromise.

As GenAI reshapes industries, fal is the ecosystem ambitious teams rely on. This role focuses on high-performance backend APIs, serverless endpoints, and reliable proxies to partner model providers.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of demonstrated experience in building HTTP services with Python.
• Experience designing, analyzing and improving efficiency, scalability, and stability of various system resources.
• Proficiency in version control practices and CI/CD pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Identify, design, and develop foundational HTTP proxies and fal serverless endpoints for 3rd party model providers.
• Write clear, well-tested, and maintainable software.
• Analyze and improve the robustness and scalability of existing proxies, APIs and fallback infrastructure.
• Conduct design and code reviews, create developer documentation, and develop testing strategies for robustness and fault tolerance.

Skills

Python

Backend APIs

CI/CD

Code reviews

Tools

Git

Job description

fal is building the generative media infrastructure powering AI products with scalable HTTP proxies, model access, and observability. We provide the foundations teams need to move from idea to production, at scale and without compromise.

As GenAI reshapes industries, fal is the ecosystem ambitious teams rely on. This role focuses on high-performance backend APIs, serverless endpoints, and reliable proxies to partner model providers.