Senior Software Development Engineer (C++)

Location: Hybrid work at the Bogota office, Colombia

Company

hirify.global is a travel technology company developing platforms that support airlines, travel applications, and millions of travelers worldwide.

What you will do

• Design, build, and evolve the hirify.global Business Rules platform, including the C++ rule engine, ABR Client, REST/JSON and EDIFACT APIs, and rule-management tools.
• Own technical solutions from analysis and design through implementation, testing, and production with a high level of autonomy.
• Solve performance, low-latency, scalability, and caching challenges on a platform handling over 1 million transactions per second.
• Lead modernization initiatives such as Forge migration, REST API enablement, and retirement of legacy integrations while managing cross-team dependencies and risks.
• Support production reliability through QA, change control, on-call support, root-cause analysis, observability, automation, and AI-driven operational insights.
• Collaborate with application teams, architects, and product stakeholders; influence architecture and roadmap decisions; mentor engineers; and lead working groups when needed.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 6–8 years of backend software development experience, ideally with high-performance, low-latency, or large-scale distributed systems.
• Experience designing and delivering large components or systems end to end, including operating them in production.
• Experience with performance tuning, scalability, caching, or legacy-system modernization.
• Strong hands-on experience with modern C++ for high-performance, low-latency backend systems.
• Solid Java backend development experience with Maven-based builds.
• Linux/Unix development, debugging, troubleshooting, and Bash scripting experience.
• Knowledge of Oracle Database and SQL, including SQL*Plus and SQL Developer.
• Experience with REST/JSON APIs, Protocol Buffers, and XML.
• Proficiency with Git and Bitbucket, including branching strategies, code reviews, and submodules.
• Experience with test-driven development, unit and integration testing, CI/CD pipelines, performance profiling, and optimization.
• Fluent spoken and written English, with the ability to explain technical topics to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Ownership, independent problem-solving, sound technical trade-offs, constructive influence, knowledge sharing, code review, and mentoring skills.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid work at the Bogota office.
• Competitive remuneration, individual and company annual bonuses, paid vacation and holidays, health insurance, and other benefits.
• Online learning hubs and professional development opportunities covering technical and soft skills.
• Diverse, inclusive, and supportive workplace with a focus on employee growth and work-life balance.
• Equal opportunity employment and an accessible recruitment process.

Hiring process

• The application takes no longer than 10 minutes.
• Create a candidate profile, upload a Resume/CV, and apply through official hirify.global channels.
• CVs must be submitted in English; hirify.global never charges recruitment fees or requests payment or financial information.