Senior Software Engineer (AI)

TL;DR

Senior Software Engineer (AI): Building distributed data systems, data pipelines, and APIs to power adaptive, context-aware experiences across hirify.global with an accent on privacy, security, performance, and scale. Focus on architecting solutions for personalization engines, optimizing for reliability and cost, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality, secure, and maintainable code.

Location: Redmond, United States. Employees are expected to work from a designated Microsoft office in the U.S. at least four days per week if they live within a 50-mile commute.

Salary: USD $119,800 – $234,700 per year (U.S. national average), with specific work locations like San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area ranging from USD $158,400 – $258,000 per year.

Company

hirify.global is focused on redefining the future of AI by building intelligent systems that deeply understand users and adapt across agents, applications, services, and infrastructure.

What you will do

• Architect scalable, low-latency systems and data pipelines for ingesting, processing, and serving personalized signals.
• Design, build, and maintain robust pipelines for telemetry, product usage, and experimentation data.
• Design data models and APIs that enable Copilot to reason about user context, preferences, and history.
• Build real-time and batch personalization engines that adapt Copilot’s behavior.
• Collaborate with privacy, security, and responsible AI teams to ensure personalization is safe, transparent, and user-controlled.
• Optimize for performance, reliability, and cost across diverse workloads and geographies, and ship high-quality code.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 4+ years of technical engineering experience with coding in languages including C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, or Python.
• Ability to architect solutions that stand the test of time and possess a methodical approach to problem-solving.
• Familiarity with applied AI and its unique challenges.
• Demonstrated interpersonal skills and ability to work closely with cross-functional teams.
• Ability to identify, analyze, and resolve complex technical issues, ensuring optimal performance, scalability, and user experience.
• Must be based within a 50-mile commute of a designated Microsoft office in the U.S. and work from the office at least four days per week (starting January 26, 2026).

Nice to have

• 4+ years’ experience building scalable services, including securing applications and infrastructure on top of cloud infrastructure like Azure, AWS, or GCP.
• 3+ years’ experience in OSS data technology, such as Kafka, Spark, Flink.
• Experience working with AI platforms, frameworks, and APIs.
• Passion for learning new technologies and staying up to date with industry trends.

Culture & Benefits

• Work in a fast-paced environment with a growth mindset, innovating to empower others and collaborating to achieve shared goals.
• Embody values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion.
• Eligibility for benefits and other compensation (additional details available via provided link).