Senior Backend Engineer

TL;DR

Senior Backend Engineer (Elixir): Building and optimizing high-load backend services for an HR platform, with an accent on API design, database performance, and scalability. Focus on microservices architecture, solving complex concurrency challenges, and ensuring system reliability under heavy traffic in a globally distributed async environment.

Location: Anywhere in the World

Salary: $53,300–$119,850 USD annually

Company

hirify.global is a product company that provides an HR platform enabling businesses to recruit, pay, and manage international teams compliantly with ease.

What you will do

• Lead the development of major team-scoped projects and participate in cross-team initiatives.
• Actively participate in product work, providing feedback and suggesting solutions to problems.
• Maintain a deep understanding of the team’s domain, both from product and engineering perspectives.
• Provide constructive feedback on code reviews and contribute to the shared codebase.
• Debug and solve technical and business issues.
• Design and implement APIs with performance, scalability, and maintainability in mind.

Requirements

• Significant experience as a Senior Backend Engineer, including building, shipping, and maintaining complex software projects.
• Experience with Postgres or similar databases.
• Proficiency with CI/CD tools such as GitLab, GitHub, or Jenkins.
• English: B2 required for application and CV submission.

Nice to have

• Experience with Functional Programming languages like Elixir, Erlang, Scala, Clojure, or Haskell.
• Experience with Kubernetes, Docker, or AWS.
• Familiarity with Next, React, Vue, or Angular.

Culture & Benefits

• Work from anywhere with flexible paid time off and flexible working hours (async culture).
• 16 weeks paid parental leave.
• Mental health support services.
• Stock options, learning budget, home office budget, and IT equipment.
• Budget for local in-person social events or co-working spaces.
• A supportive and kind work environment that encourages challenging dogmas and pursuing innovation.

Hiring process

• Interview with our Recruiter.
• Interview with an Engineering Leader.
• (Async) Code exercise and review.
• Interview with members of the engineering team.
• Bar Raiser interview.
• Executive interview.
• Offer + prior employment verification check.