Principal Software Engineer, Agentic UX (AI)

Location: Pleasanton, California, United States; Flex Work requires spending at least 50% of each quarter in the office or in the field.

Annual base salary: $246,000–$370,000 USD for the primary location; $206,000–$370,000 USD for additional US locations.

Company

hirify.global is a Fortune 500 company and AI platform for managing people, money, and agents.

What you will do

• Design and deliver conversational and agentic AI experiences with intuitive workflows.
• Bridge agent capabilities and user intent through clear, usable interfaces.
• Own features end to end, connecting agentic logic directly to the user interface.
• Collaborate with AI engineers, software engineers, product managers, and designers in an iterative, cross-functional environment.
• Share knowledge, mentor teammates, and raise the technical bar across the engineering pod.

Requirements

• 12+ years of experience in software engineering.
• 7+ years of experience building and shipping user-facing software products.
• 3+ years of experience building conversational or agentic AI applications.
• 5+ years of experience leading projects or teams.
• Experience with TypeScript and React; Python and FastAPI are preferred for user-facing product development.
• Experience collaborating with product designers or a demonstrated portfolio focused on high-quality UX/UI design principles.
• Experience building and operating SaaS products in cloud environments, with AWS preferred.
• Familiarity with modern distributed-system architecture and tradeoffs.
• Knowledge of DevOps, CI/CD, automated testing, and observability; hands-on experience with Docker and Kubernetes.
• Familiarity with Elasticsearch, strong communication skills, cross-functional collaboration, comfort with ambiguity, and a commitment to inclusive continuous improvement.

Nice to have

• Exposure to additional programming languages such as Java for backend and TypeScript for frontend or full-stack development.
• Experience working in fast-paced, agile environments and cross-functional teams.

Culture & Benefits

• Small, senior, cross-functional AI teams own production-grade problems end to end.
• Work combines in-person collaboration and remote flexibility, with at least half of each quarter spent in the office or field depending on the role.
• Benefits may include participation in the hirify.global Bonus Plan or role-specific commission/bonus and annual refresh stock grants.
• hirify.global provides reasonable accommodations during the application process and supports an inclusive workplace.
• Full-time employment with compensation adjusted according to location, experience, skills, duties, and business needs.