Sr. Backend Engineer (Python)

Location: Taipei, Taiwan

Company

hirify.global is a global cybersecurity software company developing cloud security solutions.

What you will do

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable backend services and REST or gRPC APIs primarily in Python, using Go for performance-sensitive and infrastructure components.
• Containerize applications with Docker and deploy them to Kubernetes.
• Own services end to end, including design, implementation, testing, deployment, monitoring, on-call support, and production incident follow-up.
• Improve service reliability, performance, and observability.
• Use AI tools to accelerate development, testing, and operations, while helping the team adopt them responsibly.
• Review code, mentor junior and mid-level engineers, contribute to technical design discussions, and collaborate with product, PM, and engineering teams.

Requirements

• At least 3 years of professional software development experience.
• Strong Python proficiency and the ability to write clean, tested, and maintainable code.
• Hands-on experience building and maintaining Docker container images and using Kubernetes.
• Experience with AI tools in development workflows, including coding assistants, LLM APIs, or agent frameworks, and willingness to learn new AI tools.
• Solid understanding of distributed systems and REST or gRPC APIs, plus experience with relational databases.
• Strong communication skills for explaining technical trade-offs to technical and non-technical audiences.
• High ownership and accountability for work and outcomes.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time employment based in Taipei, Taiwan.
• End-to-end ownership of backend services and responsibility for production outcomes.
• Participation in technical design, mentoring, cross-functional collaboration, and engineering standards improvement.