Senior/Staff Backend Software Engineer

TL;DR

Senior/Staff Backend Software Engineer (Backend): Designing, building, and evolving business-critical APIs, services, and backend components running at massive scale with an accent on ultra-low latency requirements and robust architecture co-design. Focus on taking ownership of key product components, continuous deployment, and ensuring reliability and performance for applications serving billions of requests daily.

Location: Hybrid, with flexibility to work from home or any of hirify.global's global offices.

Company

hirify.global is a leader in commerce media, helping brands, agencies, and publishers create meaningful consumer connections through AI-powered advertising solutions.

What you will do

• Design, build, and evolve business-critical APIs, services, and backend components for massive scale (up to 300 billion requests/day, under 30 ms latency).
• Take ownership of a key product component from design and implementation to deployment and long-term evolution.
• Collaborate with Product and Program Management to co-design robust architectures.
• Ensure smooth integration between client-facing applications and the broader ecosystem.
• Continuously deploy applications leveraging modern CI/CD practices.
• Actively contribute to a strong engineering culture and help adopt state-of-the-art practices.

Requirements

• 6+ years of experience building and evolving complex systems in production.
• Comfortable with object-oriented programming (C#, Python, Java, C++, Scala).
• Experience with low-latency, large-scale backend systems.
• Proficiency in Agile environments and shipping high-quality, well-tested code.
• Curious, proactive, and collaborative mindset.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid working model blending home and in-office experiences.
• Learning, mentorship, and career development programs.
• Health benefits, wellness perks, and mental health support.
• Diverse, inclusive, and globally connected team culture.
• Attractive salary, performance-based rewards, and family-friendly policies.
• Potential for equity depending on role and level.

Hiring process

• HR Interview to align on expectations and answer questions.
• Technical Screen (1h) with a live coding exercise on problem-solving.
• In-depth Coding Interview (1h) to explore approach, design choices, and coding skills.
• System Design Interview (1h) for collaborative discussion on scalable backend architectures.
• Final behavioral, culture-focused conversation with senior team members.