Staff Software Engineer (AI)

Location: Hybrid, with regular collaboration at the Ho Chi Minh City office, Vietnam

Company

hirify.global provides an AI-powered supply chain platform that digitizes production processes, improves decision-making, and delivers real-time operational visibility for global brands, retailers, and multi-tier suppliers.

What you will do

• Lead the design and development of scalable, reliable, and maintainable software from problem discovery through production delivery.
• Translate ambiguous business and customer needs into practical technical solutions in collaboration with Product, Design, Engineering, and business stakeholders.
• Shape product development by evaluating ideas, refining requirements, and turning prototypes into production-ready features.
• Evaluate architectural approaches, make trade-offs, and guide technical implementation decisions.
• Apply AI-assisted tools to problem definition, prototyping, solution design, coding, testing, and software delivery while maintaining quality.
• Drive engineering excellence through system design, testing, security, reliability, technical-debt reduction, performance improvements, mentoring, and technical guidance.

Requirements

• Extensive professional software engineering experience with demonstrated technical leadership building and delivering complex software applications.
• Strong hands-on programming skills and solid knowledge of software architecture, system design, design patterns, and engineering best practices.
• Experience owning significant features, applications, or technical initiatives from design through production.
• Strong product mindset with the ability to understand business objectives, challenge requirements, and translate customer needs into effective technical solutions.
• Experience designing scalable backend services, APIs, and distributed systems, with a solid understanding of databases and application performance.
• Ability to evaluate competing technical solutions, make sound trade-offs, and drive architectural decisions.
• Practical experience using AI-assisted development tools to improve engineering productivity, problem-solving, prototyping, and software delivery.
• Experience collaborating with Product, Design, and cross-functional stakeholders to deliver business outcomes.
• Strong ownership, accountability, independent technical leadership, and the ability to identify technical debt and influence engineering practices.
• Excellent written and verbal English communication skills are required, including communication with technical and non-technical audiences.

Nice to have

• Experience building and scaling B2B SaaS or enterprise software products.
• Strong fullstack engineering experience with a backend focus.
• Experience with cloud platforms, microservices, containerization, and CI/CD practices.
• Experience leading technical initiatives across multiple teams or mentoring senior engineers.
• Experience developing AI-powered applications or integrating AI capabilities into software products.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid working model combining remote flexibility with regular collaboration at the Ho Chi Minh City office.
• Flexible working environment allowing work from home, global hubs, or another comfortable location.
• Unlimited annual leave and support for personal and professional development.
• Autonomy and ownership over professional or social initiatives.
• Global, diverse team spanning more than 30 countries, with remote and hub-based company and team events.
• Culture based on excellence, autonomy, courage, and humbleness.