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AI Product Engineer

Fireworks AI New York, NY; Remote, USA; San Mateo, CA Full-time Research Posted Jun 16, 2026
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What it’s like to work at Fireworks AI

LLM Inference Platform · Redwood City

4.2
Employee Rating
3.3
Work-Life Balance
32
Open Roles
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What employees love

  • World-class team of ex-Meta AI infrastructure engineers — technically very strong peers
  • Working on LLM inference optimization which is one of the hottest areas in AI infrastructure

What could be better

  • Early-stage startup intensity with long hours expected and high performance bar
  • Small team and rapidly evolving product means less structure, process, and career laddering
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About the Role

About Us:

At Fireworks, we’re building the future of generative AI infrastructure. Our platform delivers the highest-quality models with the fastest and most scalable inference in the industry. We’ve been independently benchmarked as the leader in LLM inference speed and are driving cutting-edge innovation through projects like our own function calling and multimodal models. Fireworks is a Series C company valued at $4 billion and backed by top investors including Benchmark, Sequoia, Lightspeed, Index, and Evantic. We’re an ambitious, collaborative team of builders, founded by veterans of Meta PyTorch and Google Vertex AI.

About the Role

We're looking for a product-minded engineer to join Fireworks as a Member of Technical Staff on our Product Engineering team. You'll build the product surfaces that developers and enterprises interact with every day — from the inference API and developer console to fine-tuning workflows, model deployment, billing, and new products like Fire Pass.

Fireworks owns the full stack: training, fine-tuning (SFT and RFT at frontier scale), serverless and dedicated inference, multi-LoRA serving, and agentic orchestration — all on infrastructure we built from scratch. Product Engineering sits on top of that stack and turns it into things developers and Enterprises can actually use. You'll work across the surfaces where our platform meets its users: the APIs they call, the console they configure deployments in, the fine-tuning jobs they launch, the billing systems that meter their usage, and the agentic tooling they build with.

This is a high-autonomy IC role. You'll own features end-to-end — from understanding the problem, to designing the solution, to shipping it, to watching how developers actually use it. We're a small team building a platform that processes trillions of tokens daily, so the work you do will be used immediately and at enormous scale.

Key Responsibilities

Minimum Qualifications

Preferred Qualifications

Total compensation for this role also includes meaningful equity in a fast-growing startup, along with a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package. Base salary is determined by a range of factors including individual qualifications, experience, skills, interview performance, market data, and work location. The listed salary range is intended as a guideline and may be adjusted.

Base Pay Range (Plus Equity)
$200,000$350,000 USD

Why Fireworks AI?

  • Solve Hard Problems: Tackle challenges at the forefront of AI infrastructure, from low-latency inference to scalable model serving.
  • Build What’s Next: Work with bleeding-edge technology that impacts how businesses and developers harness AI globally.
  • Ownership & Impact: Join a fast-growing, passionate team where your work directly shapes the future of AI—no bureaucracy, just results.
  • Learn from the Best: Collaborate with world-class engineers and AI researchers who thrive on curiosity and innovation.

Fireworks AI is an equal-opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all innovators.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the work-life balance like at Fireworks AI?
Fireworks AI has a work-life balance score of 3.3/5 based on employee reviews. This is below average, which may indicate a fast-paced, demanding work environment.
What is Fireworks AI’s culture like?
Fireworks AI is characterized by these culture values: eng-driven, ship-fast, many-hats, learning. Based on employee reviews, the company has an overall rating of 4.2/5. World-class team of ex-Meta AI infrastructure engineers — technically very strong peers
How many open roles does Fireworks AI have?
Fireworks AI currently has 32 open roles across departments including engineering, product, sales, and more. Roles are refreshed daily from their careers page.
Is this role remote-friendly?
This role is located in New York, NY; Remote, USA; San Mateo, CA. Check the job description above for specific location and remote work details.
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