Member of Technical Staff, New Grad (BS/MS)

The role

You will design, build, and deploy production code for an inference platform. You will work on tasks ranging from model training and fine-tuning to distributed systems and cloud infrastructure.

What you will do

• Design, build, and deploy features and services
• Take problems from idea through design, implementation, testing, rollout, and operation
• Improve performance, efficiency, and scalability of systems
• Build with, on top of, or underneath large models
• Debug unfamiliar code and failures to find root causes
• Collaborate with engineers, researchers, product, and customers

Required qualifications

• 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 and solid grounding in data structures, algorithms, and systems
• Practical software engineering experience through internships, research, open-source contributions, or substantial personal projects
• Proficiency in at least one of Python, C++, Go, Rust, TypeScript, or a comparable language
• Fluency with AI coding harnesses
• Clear written and verbal communication
• Comfort with ambiguity, fast iteration, and high ownership

Nice to have

• Hands-on experience building with LLMs or other ML models
• Experience with GPU programming, CUDA, kernel optimization, or performance profiling
• Experience with distributed systems, Kubernetes, or cloud infrastructure (AWS/GCP/Azure)
• Experience with PyTorch, model training, fine-tuning (SFT, RLHF/RFT), or inference serving
• Experience shipping a full-stack or agentic application end to end
• Familiarity with evaluation, RAG systems, or observability for ML systems
• Open-source contributions, competitive programming, or research publications

About the company

Fireworks is a platform for specialized intelligence that enables companies to build, train, and serve AI models. It is a Series D company valued at $17.5 billion.