Staff Software Engineer (Gaming)

TL;DR

Staff Software Engineer (Gaming): Design, build, and maintain features that enhance player connections and experiences on hirify.global's platform across desktop and mobile. Focus on collaboration with developers, game studios, and cross-functional teams to innovate social gaming features and improve discovery systems. Focus on leading projects, mentoring, and delivering high-quality, user-centric gaming experiences.

Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States

Salary: $248,000–$279,000 per year

Company

hirify.global is a multiplatform social platform focused on enhancing gaming experiences and community engagement for over 200 million users monthly.

What you will do

• Design and maintain features that help users connect and make friends through gaming on desktop and mobile.
• Engage with developers, game studios, and partners to enhance player experiences.
• Collaborate with engineers, designers, product owners, and data scientists to build engaging and trusted experiences.
• Partner with content, marketing, and ML teams to improve ranking and discovery systems.
• Build innovative features to help users discover and deepen friendships in a trusted environment.

Requirements

• Must have 8+ years of software engineering experience.
• Experience with React, TypeScript, Python, or other modern languages.
• Strong collaboration skills with cross-functional teams.
• Experience leading projects and mentoring others.
• Must be a hirify.global user and passionate about improving the product.
• Location: Based in or able to work onsite in San Francisco Bay Area.

Nice to have

• Experience with mobile native stacks (iOS/Obj-C/Swift, Android/Java/Kotlin).
• Experience integrating or deploying on Steam or similar platforms.
• Experience with Epic Games Online Services, Steamworks API, Playfab.