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.
About the role
This is a founding role on the small team that owns fal's core product systems — the connected tissue the whole business runs on: usage, billing, pricing, accounts, access, API keys, and model discovery. You'll join early, own these systems end-to-end (from data model through rollout to operational health), and design the APIs and product surfaces other teams and customers depend on. These are backend systems where correctness underpins real revenue and customer trust.
What they're looking for
- 5+ years building reliable, production backend systems (Python and/or TypeScript)
- Strong PostgreSQL — schema design, queries, migrations, performance
- API & data-model design for complex product or business domains
- Can ship product and internal surfaces in React / Next.js / TypeScript
- Strong systems judgment (source of truth, idempotency, auditability, permissions, observability) and product judgment (workflows, edge cases, customer trust)
- Thrives in ambiguous, cross-functional work where product, business logic, and infra overlap, ships a pragmatic v1 that can evolve. Priorities move fast — you're comfortable with that
More about this role
fal is the generative media ecosystem powering the next generation of AI products. We build the infrastructure, tools, and model access that teams need to move from idea to production, and do it at scale without compromise. For developers and enterprises, fal is the foundation that makes generative media not just possible, but practical: a unified platform where high-performance inference, orchestration, and observability come together to unlock new categories of AI-native products.
As generative media reshapes industries across a market projected to grow by hundreds of billions over the next decade, fal is becoming the ecosystem that ambitious teams build on.
This is a founding role on the small team that owns fal's core product systems — the connected tissue the whole business runs on: usage, billing, pricing, accounts, access, API keys, and model discovery. You'll join early, own these systems end-to-end (from data model through rollout to operational health), and design the APIs and product surfaces other teams and customers depend on. These are backend systems where correctness underpins real revenue and customer trust.
You will inherit systems that are functional, but you'll...
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