Staff Infrastructure Software Engineer (AI)

TL;DR

Staff Infrastructure Software Engineer (AI): Building and optimizing scalable platform and infrastructure for deep, rich AI capabilities and products with an accent on designing and automating the operational backbone of hirify.global's AI stack. Focus on productionizing cutting-edge AI developments and defining, implementing, and strategically evolving hirify.global’s AI production infrastructure.

Location: Edinburgh, UK

Company

hirify.global is a global technology and data company helping investment professionals provide informed, precise guidance for their clients by aggregating portfolio, market, and client data for over $8 trillion in assets.

What you will do

• Design and build production runtimes for LLM-based agents and products, creating the necessary services and infrastructure.
• Develop application-level knowledge to influence requirements and best practices for complex AI systems.
• Lead the design, implementation, and automation of production infrastructure on cloud environments (Kubernetes/Databricks).
• Evangelize and promote disciplined engineering practices to enforce strong production hygiene and culture.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to resolve complex application or infrastructure issues.
• Architect, build, and maintain advanced, automated CI/CD pipelines and deployment strategies.
• Develop systems and best practices for monitoring, alerting, and troubleshooting probabilistic and AI-driven systems.

Requirements

• Extensive experience as a Software/Backend Engineer with a track record of increasing responsibility.
• Experience across the full product lifecycle for technology/SaaS products.
• Exceptional Programming skills in Python, Go, or Java, with a proven track record of building large-scale production systems.
• Proficient experience with diverse compute environments, including microservices (K8s), Databricks, and serverless architectures.
• Demonstrable experience leading initiatives with infrastructure-as-code tools like Terraform in complex, multi-account environments.
• Proficient experience with comprehensive monitoring and alerting stacks (e.g., Prometheus/Grafana) with a focus on observability.
• Legal authorization to work in the UK is required.
• Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

Nice to have

• Extensive experience with Databricks (Unity Catalog, Model Serving, Jobs).
• Demonstrable experience writing and contributing to significant systems automation tooling or open-source projects.
• Specific experience with LLMs and agentic systems and associated technologies such as Langchain, Vector DBs, or MLFlow.
• Exposure to industry practices in financial services or other highly regulated data environments.

Culture & Benefits

• Operate with intention, purpose, and care, taking ownership of outcomes.
• Collaborate to unlock the best solutions and deliver lasting value.
• Commitment to exceeding client expectations.
• Drive innovation through bold and unconstrained problem-solving.
• Embrace learning with a growth mindset within a diverse community.
• hirify.global is an equal opportunity employer committed to promoting a welcoming environment where inclusion and belonging are shared responsibilities.