Firework · 10 months ago
Backend Software Engineer
San Mateo, California
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid Level
$130K/yr - $140K/yr
3+ years expFirework is a livestream shopping platform that offers video commerce solutions, and they are seeking a talented Backend Engineer to join their growing engineering team. The role involves hands-on development of backend software and SaaS solutions, focusing on building scalable AI application infrastructure and designing REST APIs.
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Responsibilities
Build scalable AI application infrastructure and services with Python
Design and develop REST APIs / GraphQL for data and machine learning services
Take full stack ownership by consistently writing production-ready and testable code
API / Python runtime latency optimization (Python, SQL, NoSQL, 3rd party APIs)
Consistently creates optimal design adhering to architectural best practices; considers scalability, reliability, and performance of systems/ contexts affected when defining technical designs
Contribute to a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement
Take feedback from code review and apply changes to meet standards
Conduct code reviews to provide guidance on engineering best practices and compliance with development procedures
Qualification
Required
BS or MS in Computer Science or any relevant STEM majors
Production experience with Big Data, NoSQL, and RAG
3+ years developing highly scalable production-grade backend services using Python
Elixir experience is a huge plus but is not required
Have worked directly with distributed processing frameworks such as Hadoop, Spark, Beam … or have worked on a backend system that interacts meaningfully with such a framework is a big plus
Work autonomously, are excited by new platforms, big data, and machine learning technologies, and will never back down from the challenges of scale
Passionate about writing clean and testable code
Production experience with generative AI / ML applications
Preferred
Expertise with video streaming libraries such as FFmpeg or GStreamer
Experience working with video/audio codecs
Experience working with live streaming encoders and WebRTC
Experience working with AI/ML models and applications
Experience in building large-scale applications with Python
Experience writing GraphQL queries and mutations
Company
Firework
Firework is a livestream shopping platform that offers video commerce solution.
201-500 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$269.25MKey Investors
SoftBank Vision FundAmex VenturesGSR Ventures,IDG Capital,Lightspeed Venture Partners
2022-05-24Series B· $150M
2021-11-09Series Unknown
2021-06-22Convertible Note
Leadership Team
Vincent Yang
Co-founder and CEO
Jerry Luk
Co-Founder and President
Recent News
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2025-06-09
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