Senior Backend Engineer, Navigation & Spatial Systems (Go/C++)

Location: Hybrid role based in Arlington, VA, United States

Salary: $160,000–$225,000 per year plus bonus and stock options.

Company

hirify.global is an AI and optimization company building software for complex operational environments, combining real-time communications, computer vision, audio intelligence, natural language processing, navigation, geospatial data, optimization, and secure cloud infrastructure.

What you will do

• Build Go and C++ services for navigation, routing, and spatial workflows.
• Design spatial data models for buildings, floors, and dynamic 3D environments.
• Integrate computer vision and AI/ML pipelines with positioning and spatial services.
• Build event-driven systems for live spatial updates and secure APIs for mobile and web applications.
• Implement authentication and secure access to spatial data.
• Optimize performance and latency for accurate, fast, and resilient real-time navigation.

Requirements

• 5+ years of professional backend engineering experience.
• Strong production experience with Go and/or C++.
• Experience with spatial data, routing, graph algorithms, or navigation systems.
• Experience with distributed systems and APIs.
• Strong understanding of performance and data modeling.
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States.
• An active U.S. government security clearance is not required; additional eligibility verification may be required for certain customer, contractual, or regulatory requirements.

Nice to have

• Experience with 3D environments, indoor navigation, or SLAM.
• Experience with geospatial databases such as PostGIS.
• Experience integrating computer vision or sensor-fusion pipelines.
• Experience with Kafka and event-driven architectures.
• Experience in defense, public safety, or robotics environments.
• Current or previous U.S. government security clearance.

Culture & Benefits

• Health, dental, and vision coverage for eligible employees.
• Performance bonus opportunities and stock options.
• Flexible work environment with significant technical ownership.
• Direct influence over product and architecture decisions.
• Opportunities to work across AI/ML, distributed systems, computer vision, audio, NLP, navigation, optimization, and real-time infrastructure.
• Collaborative engineering environment with direct visibility into company and product strategy.