Backend Developer (Geospatial)

Location: Chicago, Illinois

Company

hirify.global is building a global talent engine and offers a strategic opportunity to shape workforce design and business scaling.

What you will do

• Design and develop scalable APIs and backend services.
• Build cloud-based services, data-intensive applications, and location-based technology solutions.
• Implement event-driven architecture, message queues, asynchronous processing, and distributed systems.
• Integrate mobile applications, mapping APIs, and other third-party APIs.
• Support analytics, event tracking, reporting, and high-volume data processing.
• Monitor production systems, debug issues, and optimize application performance.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 3+ years of professional backend development experience.
• Proficiency in at least one of Python, Java, JavaScript/Node.js, or Go.
• Experience designing APIs and backend services, with knowledge of SQL databases such as PostgreSQL or MySQL and/or NoSQL databases.
• Understanding of software architecture, object-oriented programming, data structures, algorithms, and common design patterns.
• Experience with Git, collaborative development workflows, automated testing, debugging, and software quality practices.
• Understanding of web application security, authentication, and authorization.
• Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Google Cloud Platform, or Microsoft Azure; familiarity with Docker, containerization, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience with event-driven architecture, message queues, asynchronous processing, or distributed systems.
• Exposure to geospatial data, mapping APIs, geofencing, location intelligence, or GIS.
• Strong analytical, communication, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to work independently and collaborate with a distributed engineering team.

Culture & Benefits

• Equity-only, fractional opportunity; no salary or hourly compensation is provided at this time.
• Opportunity to build and lead the global talent engine.
• Partnership with executive leadership on workforce design and scaling strategy.
• Creative and inclusive culture focused on innovation, clarity, purpose, and equal employment opportunity.