Member of Technical Staff, New Grad (BS/MS)
Remote • San Mateo • FullTime
Posted 5d ago
Remote Work Policy
Fully remote
Employment Type
FullTime
Categories
Applied AI Engineer
About the job
This role is designed for new graduates who are eager to work on real-world AI systems in production from day one. As a Member of Technical Staff at Fireworks, you will write and deploy code that operates on one of the world's most active inference platforms, serving hundreds of models to developers and enterprises at a massive scale. You will be matched to a team based on your strengths and interests, with potential work spanning inference and performance, model training and fine-tuning, distributed systems and cloud infrastructure, developer platform and APIs, or product and full-stack application engineering. You will be supported by a senior engineer mentor and a structured ramp-up program, starting with well-scoped problems and progressing to owning features and systems independently. The company emphasizes a fast-paced environment with a high bar and a commitment to employee development.
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and deploy features and services that customers rely on daily.
- Take ownership of problems from initial concept through design, implementation, testing, rollout, and operation.
- Enhance the performance, efficiency, and scalability of systems.
- Build with, on top of, or underneath large AI models, potentially involving serving, training, evaluation, or product development.
- Investigate and resolve complex issues in unfamiliar codebases and failure scenarios.
- Collaborate effectively with engineers, researchers, product teams, and customers.
Requirements
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field, completed within the last 6 months or before the end of 2026.
- Strong programming fundamentals, including data structures, algorithms, and systems.
- Practical software engineering experience gained through internships, research, open-source contributions, or significant personal projects.
- Proficiency in at least one of Python, C++, Go, Rust, TypeScript, or a comparable language.
- Fluency with AI coding tools and a consistent practice of using them effectively.
- Clear written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to seek help proactively.
- Comfort working with ambiguity, iterating rapidly, and taking on high levels of ownership.