Senior Backend Engineer (Platform Services)

TL;DR

Senior Backend Engineer (Platform Services): Designing and building backend services that operate at scale and serve as foundational components of our platform with an accent on API Management, Content Delivery, and Trust & Safety. Focus on leading architectural decisions, mentoring engineers, and improving system reliability.

Company

hirify.global is the world's #1 creative platform with over 100 million creators and 1 billion installs.

What you will do

• Lead the design and implementation of platform services in one or more of the team’s domains.
• Drive architectural decisions for high-scale distributed systems and cloud-native platforms.
• Own initiatives end-to-end — from discovery and design to rollout and long-term reliability.
• Improve the reliability, scalability, and observability of platform services.
• Mentor junior and mid-level engineers and help raise the engineering bar.
• Collaborate with infrastructure and product teams to align on roadmaps and integrations.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience building backend services and distributed systems.
• Expertise in one of the major programming languages (preferably JVM or JavaScript/Node.js ecosystems).
• Strong foundation in algorithms and data structures.
• Solid understanding of backend engineering concepts, such as REST API design and cloud patterns.
• Strong experience with Spring Boot or NestJS and cloud infrastructure.