# Senior Software Engineer, Data at Fal.ai

- Company: Fal.ai
- What the company does: Easiest & most cost-effective way to use Gen AI. fal.ai is how devs integrate dozens of generative media models. FLUX, Kling, Hailuo +1000 more. Backed by Bessemer, Kleiner Perkins and Sequoia.
- Company website: https://fal.ai/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Senior
- Location: San Francisco
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $180K to $225K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-05-07
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/fal-ai/48d4e68f-996b-4fab-8ff1-563d9f1824d5
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/fal-ai-senior-software-engineer-data/

## About the role

As a Senior Data Engineer at fal, you will build the data infrastructure that turns our internal systems and external vendor relationships into a clear picture of cost, margin, and performance. Your work spans both edges of our stack - the production infrastructure that runs every model invocation, and the partner APIs and compute vendors whose costs we need to reason about in near real-time.

## What they're looking for

- 5+ years of experience as a software or data engineer, with a software-engineering-heavy track record (Python, Go, or similar)
- Demonstrated ability to ship code into critical production infrastructure safely, including familiarity with database performance, query patterns, and incident risk
- Hands-on experience building ingestion pipelines into a warehouse (BigQuery, Snowflake, Redshift) and at least one low-latency analytical store (ClickHouse, Druid, Pinot, or similar)
- Strong SQL and working proficiency in dbt and orchestration tooling (Dagster, Airflow, Prefect)
- Track record of partnering across teams (infra, product engineering, data) and translating business questions into durable systems
- Bias for action and comfort working in fast-moving, ambiguous environments

Tags: Engineering