Senior Software Engineer (Distributed Systems)

TL;DR

Senior Software Engineer (Distributed Systems): Developing and deploying scalable, reliable distributed backend systems for a SaaS platform serving major retail brands with an accent on microservice architecture, database optimization, and cloud-native development. Focus on designing, building, and productionizing features, improving operational efficiency, and mentoring team members.

Location: Hybrid - Bangalore

Company

hirify.global is a SaaS company focused on post-purchase customer experience platforms serving over 1300 brands worldwide with hubs in San Francisco, Atlanta, London, and Bangalore.

What you will do

• Collaborate with product managers, designers, and customer success teams to define and clarify requirements and roadmap.
• Translate requirements into work streams and lead the team to design, develop, and productionize features.
• Ship code frequently using agile and iterative methodologies.
• Provide production support and proactively improve operational efficiency.
• Adopt test-driven development and improve software reliability and performance.
• Mentor junior engineers and influence technical direction through documentation and feedback.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience building reliable, scalable backend systems
• Experience leading teams and mentoring junior engineers.
• Proficiency with Java or C# and frameworks like Spring.
• Experience with microservice architectures, API gateways, distributed tracing.
• Knowledge of relational and NoSQL databases including schema design and optimization.
• Familiarity with cloud-native development on GCP and AWS.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, Docker, and scripting languages like Python and Shell.