Software Engineer - Platform (Java/Angular)

Location: Global, remote-friendly team with headquarters in Barcelona; no specific location requirement is stated for this role.

Company

hirify.global develops Nextflow and the hirify.global Platform, enabling enterprises, biotech innovators, academic institutions, and public-sector organizations to scale complex data workflows.

What you will do

• Design and implement scalable, secure REST APIs and downstream services using Java, Groovy, and Micronaut.
• Build Angular UI components and services that interact with the hirify.global Platform API.
• Design consistent data models and APIs across services and releases, including reusable components.
• Develop features from product requirements and optimize application performance and scalability.
• Build unit, end-to-end, and integration tests; apply source control, continuous integration, automation, and engineering best practices.
• Own technical decisions within the assigned area, document systems, and collaborate with Engineering, Product, Infrastructure, and Design.

Requirements

• 4+ years of experience building and operating production backend services, including ownership of at least one service.
• Strong Java and/or Groovy skills with Micronaut, Spring Boot, or a similar framework.
• Experience designing REST APIs and data models and maintaining integrations across versions and failures.
• Proficiency in TypeScript and Angular or React.
• Familiarity with CI/CD practices and tools such as Jenkins or GitHub Actions.
• Accountability for a customer-facing production system.
• Ability to inherit undocumented systems, ask questions, document decisions, work independently with limited information, and stay unblocked through early communication.
• Genuine openness to extensive daily use of AI.
• Strong attention to correctness and data integrity, ideally from billing, metering, or similarly consequential systems.

Nice to have

• Event-based systems, Gradle, Docker, Kubernetes deployment and operations, and cloud application deployment.
• End-to-end testing with Cypress or Playwright.
• Knowledge of cloud vendor services and APIs.
• Scientific data analysis workflows, execution engines, bioinformatics, or genomics.
• Microservices and highly parallel applications.
• Maintaining or contributing to open-source software projects.

Culture & Benefits

• Flexible working hours and an international environment with more than 25 nationalities.
• Continuous skills development, a learning and development budget of 1,000 USD per year, and a passionate team.
• Team retreats and bonding activities in a culture where individual opinions and decisions have meaningful impact.
• 23 vacation days per year, 3 additional hirify.global days in December, and public holidays according to the employee’s location.
• Equity, private health insurance, private life insurance, and a home office allowance valued over 1,000 USD.
• Fast-growing startup environment with constantly changing work.