Software Developer (Backend) Senior

Location: Hybrid in Washington, Washington, DC; applicants must currently reside in the United States.

Salary: USD $97,069–$155,310 per year.

Company

hirify.global provides AI-powered decision intelligence solutions for national security, supply chain management, and digital identity.

What you will do

• Implement features, enhancements, and bug fixes that enable legacy and successor systems to operate reliably together.
• Build and maintain secure, performant, and maintainable back-end services, RESTful APIs, and integration layers.
• Develop and operate containerized services and CI/CD pipelines for repeatable deployments into SCIF-capable environments.
• Design data storage and access patterns and optimize queries and performance across MongoDB, PostgreSQL, Redis, and Elasticsearch.
• Participate in Agile planning, code reviews, architecture discussions, documentation, testing, runbook creation, and continuous improvement.
• Independently manage complex assignments, communicate technical tradeoffs, and propose technical solutions with minimal oversight.

Requirements

• TS/SCI clearance with a current CI polygraph is required.
• Bachelor’s degree plus 6+ years of software or application development experience, or 8+ years of experience in lieu of a degree; recent hands-on experience within the last 2 years is preferred.
• 2+ years of experience modernizing or maintaining legacy systems alongside new development.
• Strong back-end development skills with Node.js and TypeScript; familiarity with NestJS or Express is preferred.
• Experience with Docker containerization and practical knowledge of CI/CD pipelines, such as GitLab CI.
• Experience with MongoDB, PostgreSQL, Redis, and Elasticsearch or OpenSearch.
• Ability to manage complex workstreams independently and communicate technical tradeoffs to stakeholders.
• Comfort working in secure environments with strict operational controls and documentation requirements.

Nice to have

• Familiarity with Angular or front-end integration.
• Experience with Jest or other test frameworks and performance benchmarking.
• Exposure to Azure or AWS and basic Kubernetes orchestration.
• Knowledge of metadata, data catalogs, data lineage, schema, or classification concepts.
• Additional server-side languages such as Java or Python, or middleware and integration experience.

Culture & Benefits

• Mission-focused work supporting secure, reliable systems for the Defense Intelligence Agency.
• Collaboration through mentorship, clear ownership, Agile teamwork, and continuous improvement.
• Work involves secure environments, strict operational controls, and auditable deployment practices.