Member of Technical Staff, Full Stack

The role

This person will architect, build, and scale the fireworks.ai web application and shape end-to-end technical architecture. They will deliver scalable solutions spanning front-end interfaces, APIs, and backend orchestration for generative AI models.

What you will do

• Engineer fireworks.ai from the user interface to the API and data layer.
• Participate in product-led growth through the web application and onboarding workflows.
• Design, develop, and test responsive web applications and scalable backend services.
• Mentor and support full stack, frontend, and backend engineers.
• Define and implement full stack architectural standards and API design best practices.
• Partner with Product, Design, and Core AI/Infrastructure Engineering.
• Build and maintain reusable frontend component libraries and modular backend services.
• Build an aligned developer journey across web, SDK, and CLI surfaces.
• Champion application performance, security, data integrity, and accessibility.
• Drive innovation regarding full stack trends and AI orchestration frameworks.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 6+ years of professional experience in full stack software development.
• 2+ years of experience in a technical leadership role.
• Strong expertise in React, TypeScript, JavaScript, and Next.js.
• Strong expertise in building server-side applications, designing RESTful or GraphQL APIs, and working with modern backend languages (e.g., Node.js, Python, Go).
• Solid understanding of database systems (SQL/NoSQL), caching strategies, and data modeling.
• Proven track record of delivering and scaling production-grade, full stack web applications.
• Experience with modern cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, or OCI), containerization (Docker), and full stack CI/CD pipelines.

Nice to have

• Experience working in AI/ML-focused environments, or interacting with LLM APIs, vector databases, and model orchestration tools (e.g., LangChain, LlamaIndex).
• Prior startup experience—especially as a technical founder or early engineer.
• Experience managing or mentoring other engineers, including providing performance feedback and supporting career development.
• Prior experience building developer platforms, SaaS dashboards, or complex interactive environments like playgrounds and sandboxes.
• Contributions to open-source projects, internal component libraries, or developer tools.

About the company

Fireworks is a Series D company providing a platform for specialized intelligence to build, train, and serve AI models. The company is valued at $17.5 billion and is backed by several investors including NVIDIA and Sequoia Capital.