Staff Platform Engineer (Hybrid)
$195k - $300k USD
Our Purpose
At Fiddler, we understand the implications of AI and the impact that it has on human lives. Our company was born with the mission of building trust into AI. The rise of Generative AI and Agents has unlocked generalized intelligence but also widened the risk aperture and made it harder to ensure that AI applications are working well. Fiddler enables organizations to get ahead of these issues by helping deploy trustworthy, and transparent AI solutions.
Fiddler partners with AI-first organizations to help build a long-term framework for responsible AI practices, which, in turn, builds trust with their user base. AI Engineers, Data Science, and business teams use Fiddler AI to monitor, evaluate, secure, analyze, and improve their AI solutions to drive better outcomes. Our platform enables engineering teams and business stakeholders alike to understand the "what", “why”, and "how" behind AI outcomes.
Our Founders
Fiddler AI is founded by Krishna Gade (engineering leader at Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter, and Microsoft) and Amit Paka (product leader at Microsoft, Samsung, Paypal and two-time founder). We are backed by Insight Partners, Lightspeed Venture Partners, and Lux Capital.
Why Join Us
Our team is motivated to help build trust into AI to enable society harness the power of AI. Joining us means you get to make an impact by ensuring that AI applications at production scale across industries have operational transparency and security. We are an early-stage startup and have a rapidly growing team of intelligent and empathetic doers, thinkers, creators, builders, and everyone in between. The AI and ML industry has a rapid pace of innovation and the learning opportunities here are monumental. This is your chance to be a trailblazer.
Fiddler is recognized as a pioneer in the field of AI Observability and has received numerous accolades, including: 2022 a16z Data50 list, 2021 CB Insights AI 100 most promising startups, 2020 WEF Technology Pioneer, 2020 Forbes AI 50 most promising startups of 2020, and a 2019 Gartner Cool Vendor in Enterprise AI Governance and Ethical Response. By joining our brilliant (at least we think so) team, you will help pave the way in the AI Observability space.
👩🏽🚀 The Mission
Platform Engineering at FiddlerAI is the engine that drives product velocity and customer success. We design and deliver the self-service tools and infrastructure that empower teams to innovate safely and at scale. By standardizing systems and reducing friction, we help every engineer focus on what matters most—building exceptional products that perform seamlessly for our customers
🪐 About The Team
Our Platform Engineering team is a group of builders who make hard things look easy. They design and maintain the systems that keep Fiddler running smoothly; quietly holding the universe together with code, caffeine, and collaboration.
Spread across time zones but united in purpose, this crew thrives on solving real problems, sharing what they learn, and jumping in to help wherever they’re needed. They bring brains, grit, and a healthy sense of humor to everything they do. They’re the kind of teammates who fix the issue, explain how they did it, and still show up to celebrate the win with everyone else. Platform Engineering doesn’t just keep the lights on, we’re busy designing better ones
🚀 What You’ll Do
Help build our future platform using best practices from the PE community in industry.
Build self-service infrastructure for our engineers and customers to ship their code quickly and reliably.
Manage the containers-based model serving platform in both a hosted, multi-cloud environment and in customer on-premise VPCs.
Operate underlying infrastructure (compute, networking, storage, etc.).
Own the development experience for our customers, including CI/CD, local development environment, documentation, compliance, upgrading, and more.
Establish monitoring and infrastructure health reporting for the advancement of self-healing infrastructure principles.
Be on-call for services owned.
Work across timezones in a collaborative remote environment.
🎯 What We’re Looking For
Masters or Bachelors degree in Computer Science or related field, combined with 10+ years of industry experience, with demonstrated solid foundation in software development.
Proficiency with coding in Python or Golang and Bash scripting skills
Adaptability & Ownership: proven ability to thrive in ambiguity and a fast-paced environment. We need a self-motivated initiator who can take ownership of projects with a high degree of autonomy, confidently filling in the gaps when the full picture isn't available.
System Design & Optimization: A strong grasp of distributed systems and the capacity to troubleshoot production issues.
Technical Leadership & Collaboration: Demonstrated ability to plan, execute, and deliver projects by effectively breaking down complex problems into manageable tasks, and guiding a small team of engineers. Must be adept at cross-functional collaboration across a geographically distributed team, working closely with product managers, designers, frontend developers, and data scientists to ensure alignment and successful project outcomes
Coaching & Mentorship: you should be an excellent collaborator and a mentor to other team members, raising the technical bar for the entire team and regularly engage in code and design reviews.
Ability to work in our Palo Alto office 3 days a week preferred
🫱🏼🫲🏾 Compensation:
Bay Area $195,000-$300,000 + equity
🩺 Benefits & Perks
Competitive pay + equity
Unlimited PTO
Premium health, dental & vision (100% premium coverage for employees)
401(k) plan
Monthly fitness reimbursement
Paid parental leave
Palo Alto HQ Vibes
Annual Caltrain pass
Monthly in-office massages
Fastrak reimbursement
Lunch provided Mon–Thurs
The posted range represents the expected salary range for this job requisition and does not include any other potential components of the compensation package and perks previously outlined. Ultimately, in determining pay, we'll consider your experience, leveling, location, and other job-related factors.
Fiddler is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. If you require special accommodations in order to complete the interviews or perform job duties, please inform the recruiter at the beginning of the process.
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