# Member of Technical Staff, Traffic Infrastructure at Fireworks

- Company: Fireworks
- What the company does: Fireworks’ state of the art training and inference platform take you beyond the frontier, transforming open models into your specialized intelligence. Backed by Bessemer, Index and Lightspeed.
- Company website: https://fireworks.ai/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Senior
- Location: San Mateo
- Work setup: Remote
- Pay: $175K to $220K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-10-26
- Apply by: 2026-12-10
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/fireworks/061f8cef-4553-428a-8154-688fa91953af?utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/fireworks-member-of-technical-staff-traffic-infrastructure/

## About the role

As a Member of Technical Staff on our Traffic Infrastructure team, you will own the traffic layer behind our generative AI platform: the proxies, load balancers, service mesh, and routing systems that move every request reliably across regions and cloud providers. This is a highly technical role that calls for depth in distributed systems, cloud networking, and infrastructure, along with the judgment to balance latency, cost, and operational simplicity. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

## What they're looking for

- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field (or equivalent practical experience)
- 5+ years of experience building backend or network infrastructure in cloud environments (e.g., AWS, GCP, Azure)
- Strong software development skills in languages such as Go, C++, Rust, Java, or Python
- Deep understanding of distributed systems and networking fundamentals, including performance optimization
- Full product lifecycle ownership, from design through implementation to production
- Master's or PhD in Computer Science or a related field

Tags: Engineering

Source: 1752vc Careers, https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/fireworks-member-of-technical-staff-traffic-infrastructure/