Senior Software Engineer (AI)

Location: Toronto, Canada; hybrid schedule required from the Toronto office

Base salary: CAD 147,000–171,000 per year, plus an opportunity for an annual company bonus.

Company

hirify.global is a global reinsurance company with more than 40,000 employees in over 50 locations, developing technology and data solutions for the life insurance industry.

What you will do

• Shape API architecture for real-time decisioning using complex medical data.
• Build scalable, secure, and high-performance APIs and services for medical risk assessment.
• Collaborate with data scientists, underwriters, customer success partners, and product managers on the product roadmap.
• Optimize backend performance and scalability for large volumes of structured and unstructured health data.
• Adapt the product as machine learning models and large language models evolve.
• Write maintainable software, unit and integration tests, automated tests, and participate in code reviews.

Requirements

• Degree or equivalent background in Engineering, Mathematics, Computer Science, Data Science, Physics, or a related discipline.
• Professional experience developing backend software with Python.
• Strong understanding of software development lifecycle best practices.
• Experience with API design tools and frameworks such as Swagger, OpenAPI, and FastAPI.
• Experience with cloud computing and Kubernetes or similar orchestration tools, as well as Docker or similar containerization tools.
• Experience with relational databases such as PostgreSQL or MySQL and ORM libraries such as SQLAlchemy.
• Experience with load testing, latency profiling, and backend performance optimization.

Nice to have

• Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform.
• Experience working with new and complex data sources.
• Interest in applying emerging technologies, including large language models, in production environments.
• Ability to collaborate across engineering, data science, underwriting, product, and customer success teams.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid work environment combining weekly in-office and remote days.
• Collaborative environment focused on continuous learning, development, diversity, inclusion, and belonging.
• Company-paid flexible health and dental benefits, Health Spending Account and Wellness Spending Account support.
• DC Pension Plan with automatic employer contributions and optional company matching.
• Vacation, personal days, unplanned time, statutory holidays, early-closure half-days, and parental leave top-up.
• LinkedIn Learning, education assistance, professional-fee reimbursement, employee referral, recognition, and rewards programs.