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# Software Engineer, Machine Learning-Backend

- **Company:** fal - Features & Labels
- **Location:** San Francisco, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Salary:** $150,000.0 - $200,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Fault Tolerance, Python (Programming Language), Machine Learning, Software Maintenance, Strategies of Testing, Backend, Software Version Control, Serverless Computing
- **Published:** October 11, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=eddec59d691aa6df

## About the Role

* 3+ years of demonstrated experience in building HTTP services with Python
 * Experience designing, analyzing and improving efficiency, scalability, and stability of various system resources
 * Proficiency in version control practices and CI/CD pipelines.

## Description

* Identify, design, and develop foundational HTTP proxies and fal serverless endpoints for 3rd party model providers
 * Write clear, well-tested, and maintainable software
 * Analyze and improve the robustness and scalability of our existing proxies, APIs and fallback infrastructure
 * Conduct design and code reviews, create developer documentation, and develop testing strategies for robustness and fault tolerance