Staff Software Engineer, Data Systems (Python)

Location: Remote - USA

Base salary: $190,000–$220,000 USD per year

Company

hirify.global builds a marketing intelligence platform that unifies eCommerce data through attribution modeling, measurement, customizable dashboards, and AI-driven decision automation.

What you will do

• Own the architecture of the data ingestion and integration platform.
• Define technical direction for event-driven and batch processing, including build-versus-buy and migration decisions.
• Establish standards for observability, data freshness, reliability, and failure handling.
• Lead platform design across data engineering, infrastructure, product, and business stakeholders.
• Mentor engineers through design reviews, technical leadership, and production code.
• Identify and drive the resolution of unsolved platform problems.

Requirements

• 8+ years of software or data engineering experience, including architecture ownership for large-scale ingestion, ETL, or integration platforms.
• Deep Python proficiency, strong SQL skills, and experience with BigQuery or an equivalent cloud data warehouse.
• Experience designing API-based ETL systems at scale using REST, GraphQL, webhooks, authentication, and multi-tenancy.
• Production experience with Airflow or similar orchestration tools, Docker, and Kubernetes.
• Demonstrated technical leadership, cross-team alignment, mentoring, and engineering-practice improvement.
• Sound judgment when balancing platform durability with delivery speed.

Nice to have

• Knowledge of OAuth 2.0, API keys, secrets management, and secure multi-tenant architectures.
• Experience with ERP systems, CRMs, CDPs, or other complex enterprise data platforms.
• Exposure to event-driven architectures and real-time data processing tools.
• Knowledge of data governance, GDPR, SOC 2, and security practices for sensitive data.
• Experience in a multi-tenant SaaS or large-scale data-intensive environment.

Culture & Benefits

• Remote-friendly work with physical offices in San Francisco and Los Angeles.
• Equity package and comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• 401(k) plan, flexible paid time off, and 12 company-paid holidays.
• 12 weeks of paid parental leave.
• $500 work-from-home stipend.

Hiring process

• Recruiter interview followed by a video interview with the hiring manager.
• Role-specific video interview and video or onsite interviews with team members.
• Final video interview with the CEO/co-founder; the process typically includes 5–7 interviews and requires approximately 5–8 hours.