Senior Backend Developer (Java)

Location: Rehovot, Israel; travel required approximately 10% of the time; relocation is not eligible.

Company

hirify.global develops materials science, engineering, and semiconductor equipment solutions supporting advanced semiconductor chips and displays.

What you will do

• Design, implement, and test robust backend system flows for scalability, reliability, and performance.
• Collaborate with system and hardware teams to deliver integrated software solutions.
• Own features from design through deployment, including quality, automation, and risk-based testing.
• Operate, manage, and troubleshoot containerized workloads in Kubernetes-based production environments.
• Contribute to DevOps pipelines, CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code, monitoring, and production reliability.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies, demos, retrospectives, and cross-functional communication.

Requirements

• 5+ years of backend development experience, including experience with C# or Java.
• Strong proficiency with Linux environments and modern development methodologies, including code reviews, automation, and risk-oriented testing.
• Hands-on production experience managing Kubernetes clusters, including provisioning, upgrades, scaling, resource management, and troubleshooting.
• Experience with Kubernetes operators, network policies, storage, and observability stacks.
• Strong DevOps capabilities with CI/CD pipelines such as GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps, or Jenkins.
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools such as Helm, Kustomize, or Terraform; monitoring tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, or ELK/EFK; and Docker containerization.
• Knowledge of secure software supply chain principles and the ability to understand complex systems through self-learning.
• Strong communication and mentoring skills, teamwork, and a genuine interest in technology, innovation, and impactful solutions.
• Fluent English.

Nice to have

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, software engineering, or a related field.
• Additional hands-on Kubernetes container orchestration experience.
• Proven leadership experience and Agile environment experience.
• Software development experience in multidisciplinary products.
• Experience in a global or large-scale high-tech company.

Culture & Benefits

• Startup-style team culture emphasizing bias for action, ownership, customer focus, lean execution, cross-functional collaboration, AI-first innovation, and direct communication.
• Jira is used for specifications, bugs, and pull requests; Agile practices include demos and retrospectives.
• Developers own both code and quality, including automation and risk-based testing.
• Supportive environment focused on learning, development, career growth, health, and wellbeing.
• Regular employment with company benefits; travel is required for 10% of the time.