# Backend Engineer at Fable

- Company: Fable
- What the company does: Backed by Techstars.
- Company website: https://us.fablehome.co
- Type: Startups
- Level: Mid level
- Location: San Francisco, CA (Hybrid)
- Work setup: Hybrid
- Pay: $135K to $250K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-06-23
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/fable/5b0c2fb9-6a7a-47f3-9836-1ad1949c3dd7
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/fable-backend-engineer/

## About the role

You will work on the team that owns our data platform, including real-time API integrations, Kafka-based streaming systems, Spark and Airflow data pipelines, and the data services that power our application layer. You take pride in building reliable, maintainable, and scalable infrastructure that turns complex data flows into high-quality services for the product.

## What they're looking for

- 3+ years developing backend software
- Designed, implemented, and owned production-facing services
- Experience building and integrating with external APIs a plus
- Relational DB backends (Django or similar)
- Experience building ETL and data pipelines a plus
- Experience with building distributed systems and backends

Tags: R&D