Staff Software Engineer, AI Platform & Backend

Neolife Updates; New York (NY); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Fireworks AI in New York, NY seeks a Member of Technical Staff, Software Engineer to build and scale backend infrastructure powering model serving, orchestration, and developer tooling. As a core platform engineer, you will own end-to-end features, balancing performance and reliability while delivering strong developer experiences.

This is a full-time on-site role in Manhattan with autonomy and direct business impact.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on software development experience.
• Minimum 2 years working with AI systems or AI tooling.
• Ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams and AI-enabled development.
• Clear, reliable abstractions with a focus on developer experience.

Responsibilities

• Architect and maintain scalable backend services for the primary web application.
• Design robust systems for model orchestration and fine-tuning workloads.
• Develop core enterprise features: authentication, access controls, billing, policy enforcement.
• Construct seamless APIs and developer tools to optimize workflows.
• Leverage modern AI tooling to accelerate development and automate tasks.

Skills

Experience verification

AI experience

Collaborative mindset

Product sense

Job description

Fireworks AI in New York, NY seeks a Member of Technical Staff, Software Engineer to build and scale backend infrastructure powering model serving, orchestration, and developer tooling. As a core platform engineer, you will own end-to-end features, balancing performance and reliability while delivering strong developer experiences.

This is a full-time on-site role in Manhattan with autonomy and direct business impact.