Partner Engineer (Payroll/HRIS Integrations)

Location: Austin, Texas; New York, New York; San Francisco, California; Remote (US)

Salary: $160,000–$195,000 USD annually

Company

hirify.global helps employers provide employees with healthcare budgets so they can choose suitable coverage while businesses maintain predictable benefit costs.

What you will do

• Monitor, troubleshoot, and resolve payroll and HRIS integration issues to maintain reliable customer connections.
• Validate payroll integrations with enterprise customers and support successful launches.
• Advise customers and internal teams on payroll configurations, integration capabilities, and API limitations.
• Coordinate with customers, external partners, and engineering to diagnose problems, remove blockers, and own resolution.
• Build runbooks, monitoring practices, and repeatable workflows to improve reliability and reduce recurring issues.
• Identify patterns and improvements for integrations, customer experience, and engineering efficiency.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in partner engineering, solutions engineering, technical integrations, or a similar customer-facing technical role.
• Strong understanding of APIs, including reading documentation, troubleshooting failures, and diagnosing integration issues.
• Experience owning complex technical problems across multiple systems, stakeholders, or external partners.
• Confidence working directly with customers and translating technical complexity into clear guidance and solutions.
• Ability to independently prioritize issues and drive them through resolution.
• Experience building repeatable processes, documentation, or monitoring practices that improve operational reliability.

Nice to have

• Experience with payroll, HRIS, or benefits platforms, especially complex enterprise configurations and integrations.
• Experience with third-party APIs and integration partners such as Finch, Merge, or similar platforms.
• Experience building internal tools, scripts, or automations to improve integration reliability and reduce manual work.
• Experience in a forward-deployed engineering or technical solutions role focused on complex customer problems and scalable technical solutions.

Culture & Benefits

• High-ownership role with responsibility for integration reliability and customer outcomes from the start.
• Work closely with customers, integration partners, and internal teams.
• Work remotely from the US or from offices in Austin, New York, or San Francisco.

Hiring process

• Recruiter conversation followed by a hiring manager discussion about experience and technical problem-solving.
• Practical technical exercise and conversations with cross-functional partners.
• Final conversation with company leadership; most candidates complete the process within 2–3 weeks.