Software Development Engineer, Backend (Go/Python)

Location: Remote from anywhere in Mexico; availability to travel to Mexico City for occasional office events

Company

hirify.global is a real estate platform helping people buy, sell, finance, and rent homes.

What you will do

• Design, build, and operate scalable backend services and APIs using Go, Python, TypeScript, or Java.
• Define and maintain GraphQL schemas for consumer-facing web and mobile experiences.
• Design resilient data flows across Kafka-like event streams, queues, and synchronous service APIs.
• Own services in production through monitoring, on-call participation, incident response, and reliability improvements.
• Collaborate with Product, UX, data, infrastructure, and engineering teams on service contracts and technical trade-offs.
• Build backend capabilities for photos, video, immersive tours, and other media experiences while using AI-assisted development tools.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience building scalable backend services for consumer-facing products.
• Strong experience with Go, Python, TypeScript/JavaScript, and/or Java.
• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes, event-driven architectures, Kafka or similar systems, Terraform, and AWS or comparable cloud platforms.
• Experience designing reliable distributed systems and improving performance, scalability, and service quality.
• Strong technical ownership, documentation, code review, testing, and cross-functional communication skills.
• Must live in Mexico and be available to travel to Mexico City for occasional office events.

Culture & Benefits

• Teleworker position without a permanent corporate office workplace.
• Competitive base salary, benefits, and eligibility for equity awards based on experience, performance, and location.
• Distributed work approach that supports flexibility and productivity.
• Inclusive and innovative environment focused on employee growth and customer impact.