Staff Software Engineer, AI Developer Tooling

Location: San Francisco, CA; New York, NY. The pay-transparency section also references Seattle.

Base salary: $252,000–$315,000 USD annually, with equity and benefits potentially included for eligible roles.

Company

hirify.global develops reliable AI systems, high-quality data, and full-stack technologies for leading models and AI applications used by enterprises and governments.

What you will do

• Define next-generation AI development tooling and frameworks using Cursor, Claude Code, OpenAI Codex, Microsoft Copilot, and custom internal solutions.
• Architect, design, and implement local development, build, test, CI, and CD systems.
• Work with stakeholders and internal customers to understand and refine technical requirements.
• Mentor software engineers from new graduates through experienced engineers.
• Identify and drive improvements to development practices, processes, tools, and languages.
• Present technical information and provide guidance on development processes and technologies.

Requirements

• 8+ years of full-time engineering experience after graduation, including experience with build, test, or CI/CD systems.
• Extensive experience defining and evangelizing best practices for AI development tools, including cost guardrails, security frameworks, and knowledge-sharing sessions.
• Extensive software development experience and a deep understanding of distributed systems and public cloud platforms; AWS is preferred.
• Experience configuring, testing, and enabling MCP servers, AI agents, and related systems.
• Track record of independently owning successful engineering projects.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, including translating complex technical concepts for non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience with infrastructure, containerization, and deployment technologies such as Terraform, Docker, Kubernetes, and related tools.
• Experience with modern web frameworks such as NodeJS and NextJS.
• Strong knowledge of software engineering best practices and CI/CD tooling such as CircleCI, Helm, and ArgoCD.

Nice to have

• Experience scaling products at hyper-growth startups.
• Experience with modern build systems such as Bazel, Buck, or Pants.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time position with comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage.
• Retirement benefits, learning and development stipend, and generous PTO.
• Additional benefits may include a commuter stipend.
• Inclusive and equal-opportunity workplace with reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities.

Hiring process

• Salary placement is determined during interviews based on work location, skills, experience, qualifications, interview performance, and education or training.
• Applicants must wait 90 days before being reconsidered for the same role.