Software Engineer, Data Foundations (AI)

TL;DR

Software Engineer, Data Foundations (AI): Building and scaling end-to-end data ingestion and management layers for hirify.global's AI products with an accent on handling full syncs, low-latency updates, and complex authentication flows. Focus on transforming unstructured content for LLM reasoning, ensuring data reliability, and preserving fine-grained security across petabyte-scale data flows.

Location: Hybrid (4 days a week in one of our SF Bay Area offices)

Salary: $140,000–$265,000 annually

Company

hirify.global is a Work AI platform that provides intelligent Search, an AI Assistant, and scalable AI agents on one secure, open platform.

What you will do

• Build and scale connectors to a wide variety of SaaS and on-prem systems, handling full syncs, low-latency updates, and complex authentication flows.
• Transform raw, unstructured enterprise content into rich, structured, permission-aware representations optimized for search and LLM reasoning.
• Design document schemas and enrichment pipelines (entity extraction, access-graph propagation, redactions).
• Own end-to-end correctness, freshness, and performance for petabyte-scale data flows, solving challenges in distributed queues, workers, and storage.
• Preserve fine-grained ACLs, deletions, and sensitivity constraints for AI answers grounded in user permissions.
• Partner closely with Search Serving, Product, Platforms, and Security teams to define how enterprise context is exposed to LLMs and agents.

Requirements

• 3+ years building production backend or data infrastructure systems (Java, Go, C++, Python, etc.).
• Hands-on experience with distributed systems, data pipelines, queues, and large-scale storage (SQL/NoSQL).
• Proficient in SLOs, error budgets, failure modes, and correctness guarantees for data flows.
• Comfortable with strict consistency and permission-modeling challenges.
• Prior work on enterprise connectors, search/indexing, information retrieval, or security-sensitive systems is a strong plus.

Culture & Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package including Medical, Vision, and Dental coverage.
• Generous time-off policy and the opportunity to contribute to your 401k plan.
• Home office improvement stipend, as well as annual education and wellness stipends.
• Vibrant company culture through regular events and healthy daily lunches.
• Commitment to an inclusive and diverse company, without discrimination.