Senior Software Engineer (Ruby/Rails)

TL;DR

Senior Software Engineer (Ruby/Rails): Develop and maintain scalable full stack applications and APIs with an accent on product ownership, customer-centric features, and scalable architecture. Focus on designing and building end-to-end solutions, integrating third-party services, and ensuring reliability under high traffic.

Location: Hybrid in San Francisco, California, United States with expectation to work from office 2-3 days a week, increasing to 3 days starting January 2026

Salary: $173,000 - $215,000 USD

Company

hirify.global builds a data platform powering safe and fair decisions, serving over 100,000 customers including major brands, operating with startup speed within a known technology brand.

What you will do

• Design, build, and launch new full stack products and APIs with customer and stakeholder collaboration
• Take full ownership of product development from idea to delivery impacting real customers and business
• Build scalable, asynchronous event-based architecture to handle very high traffic
• Maintain code quality with testing, reviews, and best practices
• Run and analyze product experiments to guide development

Requirements

• Location: Hybrid work with presence in San Francisco office 2-3 days per week, increasing to 3 days in 2026
• 6+ years full stack software development experience with Ruby on Rails and JavaScript (React)
• Strong product sense and ability to work autonomously in a fast-paced startup environment
• Experience building scalable technical architecture for 10 million+ users
• BS/MS degree in computer science or electrical engineering

Nice to have

• Experience with trust & safety, IDV, background check products, or criminal data
• Data analysis and processing experience
• Experience with scrapers and scraping technology

Culture & Benefits

• Fast-paced, collaborative environment within a startup lab
• Learning and development allowance
• Competitive compensation and advancement opportunities
• 100% medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Reimbursement for fertility, adoption, and parental planning services
• Flexible PTO policy, wellness and home office stipends