Staff Platform Engineer, Fiddler AI
$195-300k
+ Equity
3 days a week in office (Palo Alto, CA)
Enterprise AI observability
Job no longer available
Enterprise AI observability
101-200 employees
Job no longer available
$195-300k
+ Equity
3 days a week in office (Palo Alto, CA)
101-200 employees
Company mission
To build trust into Artificial Intelligence.
Role
Who you are
- 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
- 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
What the job involves
- 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
- 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
Our take
AI and machine learning are increasingly shaping the way organizations make decisions. However, one major challenge is that AI technology often operates as a "black box". Unlike traditional software, where developers can review code to understand its logic, AI systems can be opaque, making it difficult for companies to fully grasp how data is interpreted and outcomes are reached.
Fiddler AI aims to address this gap with an explainable AI platform that offers transparency into how models make predictions. By providing clear insights into decision-making processes and enabling adjustments when bias is detected, Fiddler enhances trust and accountability in AI systems.
This focus on building trust in AI comes at a crucial time, as the market is expected to grow over 30% annually. Fiddler AI has already partnered with major banking institutions and online brands like Etsy. And with an impressive $30 million Series C funding round behind it, Fiddler is well-positioned to compete with rivals like Reflektion and Conviva.
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Insights
-4% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Jan 2026
$30m
SERIES C
Dec 2024
$18.6m
SERIES B
Total funding: $93.8m
Company benefits
- Equity
- 401K benefits
- 12 holidays and 3 company recharge days
- Flexible spending account
- Bi-monthly team building events
- Commuter benefits for Palo Alto
- Monthly gym reimbursement
- Annual home office stipend
- Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance
- 15 PTO days and 10 sick days
- Paid parental leave for 18 weeks
- Hybrid collaboration
- In-office lunch, snacks, coffee
- Monthly massages for Palo Alto
- Annual learning stipend
Company HQ
Ventura, Palo Alto, CA
Leadership
Krishna Gade
(Co-Founder & CEO)Former member of Specialized Types and Engineering Manager at Facebook. They also worked as the Head of Engineering at Pinterest.
Amit Paka
(Co-Founder, COO, CPO & Board Member)Former Senior Director of Product Management at Samsung Mobile. Founder and former CEO at Parable. Former Head of Product at Paypal.
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