Senior Software Engineer (AI)

Location: San Francisco Bay Area; on-site

Salary: $225K–$305K plus equity

Company

hirify.global is a frontier research lab developing broadband brain-computer interfaces that connect biological and artificial intelligence systems.

What you will do

• Own critical software from problem definition through implementation, deployment, and ongoing operation.
• Translate experimental needs into software milestones, acceptance criteria, and reliable workflows.
• Build interfaces between applications, instrument SDKs, data systems, and supporting infrastructure.
• Solve integration, concurrency, performance, recovery, and operational reliability problems with SDK and application engineers.
• Develop high-volume experimental data workflows covering recording, storage, metadata management, and analysis.
• Review code, mentor peers, communicate technical tradeoffs, and help prioritize work with leadership.

Requirements

• Senior-level experience personally delivering and supporting substantial software systems.
• Strong coding, debugging, software design, and architecture skills across multiple components.
• Sound judgment regarding reliability, data integrity, performance, operational failure modes, and build-versus-buy decisions.
• Ability to work hands-on in a small team with evolving priorities and unfamiliar parts of a technical stack.
• Willingness and ability to work on-site in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Nice to have

• Experience with scientific software, robotics, instrumentation, imaging, lab automation, or software connected to physical systems.
• Experience with Python, C++, Rust, Matlab, scientific data pipelines, high-throughput systems, or desktop applications.
• Previous people management experience or interest in growing into broader software leadership.

Culture & Benefits

• Individual contributor role with the opportunity to grow into broader software leadership.
• Close collaboration with scientists, engineers, SDK developers, and application engineers.
• Focus on dependable software, rapid experimentation, and repeatable research workflows.
• Full-time employment with equity compensation.

Hiring process

• Applications are considered based on job-related qualifications and complementary technical strengths.
• Reasonable accommodations are available for applicants with disabilities.