Staff Software Engineer (Java)

Location: Hybrid in Houston, Texas, or Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Salary: $143,690–$229,900 USD base salary, plus variable incentive pay, flexible work options, and benefits.

Company

hirify.global develops commercial operations software that connects pricing, quoting, contracting, rebates, and communications for enterprise customers.

What you will do

• Design and develop scalable, performant, resilient Java backend services for real-time pricing.
• Build reusable microservices and distributed-system capabilities using Cassandra, Redis, Azure, and event-driven patterns.
• Contribute to architecture decisions, service design, data-handling patterns, and technical research.
• Collaborate with engineers, product managers, architects, tech leads, QA, and DevOps/Cloud Services on functionality, delivery, deployments, and production issues.
• Perform code reviews, pair programming, testing, documentation, and engineering-process improvements.
• Mentor junior engineers and promote backend best practices and knowledge sharing.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience developing large-scale, complex applications with Java.
• Strong backend expertise in multithreading, messaging, streaming, performance optimization, and horizontal scalability.
• Experience building REST APIs and backend services with Cassandra or other NoSQL databases, SQL databases, and Redis caching or stream-based workflows.
• Experience with cloud platforms, preferably Microsoft Azure, plus Docker and Kubernetes.
• Strong understanding of distributed systems, microservices architecture, and event-driven design.
• Knowledge of OOP, design patterns, SOLID principles, clean architecture, algorithmic complexity, and Java data structures.
• Experience with BDD/TDD and Agile methodologies such as Scrum or Kanban.
• Familiarity with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins or GitHub Actions, Git, Jira, and Confluence.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills; proactive approach and willingness to work across backend technologies.
• Experience using AI-assisted development tools such as GitHub Copilot or ChatGPT to improve productivity, code quality, or workflows.
• University degree in Computer Science or a related field.

Nice to have

• Experience with Java 21 and/or Dropwizard.
• Familiarity with OpenSearch or Elasticsearch.
• Experience with Azure Service Bus, Redis Streams, or similar messaging technologies.
• Experience with AKS, Helm, or other Azure deployment tooling.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time employment with flexible work options.
• Variable incentive pay and medical and dental insurance.
• Work with an international engineering organization serving enterprise customers worldwide.
• Inclusive workplace committed to equal employment opportunities and reasonable accommodations.

Hiring process

• Apply with a resume; PDF or plain text is recommended, while resumes are accepted in any format.
• Unsolicited third-party agency resumes are not accepted for this full-time position.