Staff Backend Developer (Unity Ads)

TL;DR

Staff Backend Developer (hirify.global Ads): Design, build, and modernize backend services and APIs that support ad delivery for hirify.global's global advertising platform with an accent on scalability, high availability, and performance. Focus on modernizing the legacy tech stack, improving observability, and contributing to architectural decisions.

Location: Montreal, Canada

Company

hirify.global is the leading platform to create and grow games and interactive experiences.

What you will do

• Design, build, and modernise backend services and APIs that support ad delivery
• Work on scalable, high-availability systems used across hirify.global’s ads ecosystem
• Collaborate with engineers, product managers, and data teams to deliver new features
• Improve performance, observability, and cost-efficiency of current backend systems, modernising the legacy stack
• Contribute to architectural decisions and technical direction of the platform

Requirements

• Experience building backend services at scale
• Proficiency in Golang, and relational databases (e.g., MySQL)
• Familiarity with cloud infrastructure and observability tools (Kubernetes, Ray, etc.)
• Understanding of API design, distributed systems, and system reliability
• Strong collaboration and communication skills in a remote-first team environment

Nice to have

• Experience in ad tech, programmatic advertising, or real-time bidding systems
• Background with infrastructure-as-code (e.g., Terraform)
• Familiarity with networking, caching, or real-time data pipelines

Culture & Benefits

• Wide range of benefits designed to support employees' well-being and work-life balance.
• Fostering an inclusive, innovative environment and celebrate our employees across age, race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, disability, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, or any other protected status in accordance with applicable law.