Senior Backend Engineer (Node.js)

Location: Remote or hybrid in the UK; remote employees must be open to in-person events throughout the year.

Company

hirify.global provides an open-source and cloud platform for running reliable AI agents and workflows, with orchestration, scheduling, monitoring, and debugging tools.

What you will do

• Design and implement SDK and platform features end to end, from API surface to production rollout.
• Design database schemas and data models, optimize queries, and develop reliable data-access patterns.
• Build scalable APIs, services, and backend systems capable of handling high production throughput.
• Apply security best practices and implement monitoring, logging, and debugging capabilities.
• Contribute to architecture decisions and the technical roadmap for the Open Source and Cloud products.
• Support customers, review pull requests, write documentation, and contribute to developer-facing content.

Requirements

• Expertise in Node.js and TypeScript; the stack includes Remix.
• Expertise with Postgres and Redis, including schema design, query tuning, and production operation.
• Experience with cloud infrastructure on AWS, GCP, or Azure.
• Comfort with participating in on-call responsibilities.
• Openness to attending in-person team events throughout the year.

Nice to have

• Contributions to open-source projects or experience as a venture-backed startup founder.
• Experience with React or Remix, high-throughput systems, developer SDK design, self-managed Kubernetes, Linux, OTel or observability, developer tools companies, or Go.

Culture & Benefits

• Small team with a flat hierarchy, autonomous working, continuous learning, and personal development support.
• Open-source, customer-focused environment with active Discord and GitHub communities.
• Async working, home-office equipment support, and a fast-paced startup environment.
• 25 days of vacation excluding national holidays, sick leave, and generous parental leave.
• Annual training budget, pension scheme or private pension contributions, transparent compensation, and equity.

Hiring process

• Application review covering the CV, code samples, and open-source contributions.
• Screening call, hiring manager call, and a paid task day involving a real engineering problem and a team walkthrough.
• Final interview, references, and offer.