Sr Software Engineer (Data Engineering)

Location: Remote within the United States; applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the United States.

Salary: $124,000–$155,000 annually, plus a possible annual bonus and benefits.

Company

hirify.global develops digital learning experiences and educational products for learners and educators.

What you will do

• Design and develop scalable data pipelines supporting educational platforms and analytics products.
• Architect and maintain data lakes, warehouses, streaming systems, and related data infrastructure.
• Collaborate with product managers, data scientists, analysts, instructional designers, and other stakeholders to translate educational goals into technical solutions.
• Lead and mentor junior engineers, conduct code reviews, and promote engineering best practices.
• Optimize database performance, query efficiency, data quality, and system reliability.
• Contribute to architecture and technology roadmap decisions, while monitoring and troubleshooting production data systems.

Requirements

• 5+ years of software engineering experience, including at least 3 years in data engineering.
• Bachelor's degree in Business, Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field preferred.
• Experience designing and deploying event-driven or streaming data integration solutions at production scale.
• Hands-on expertise with Apache Kafka or a comparable streaming platform such as AWS Kinesis, Apache Pulsar, or Confluent Platform.
• Proficiency in one or more of Java, Python, or Golang.
• Strong knowledge of JSON Schema and event schema design, including versioning and compatibility strategies.
• Experience taking streaming solutions from initial design through production deployment, QA/testing, and operational monitoring.
• Experience with observability tooling for streaming pipelines, including metrics, alerting, and logging; examples include Prometheus, Grafana, and Datadog.
• Familiarity with cloud-native data platforms including AWS, GCP, or Azure.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills for working with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Knowledge of data governance, compliance, and security best practices.

Nice to have

• Advanced degree.

Culture & Benefits

• Remote work within the United States.
• Work focused on digital learning and the future of education.
• Culture emphasizing innovation, teamwork, career growth, and personal well-being.
• Possible annual bonus plan and a range of medical and other benefits.