Senior Backend Product Software Engineer, Core Intelligence & Media

TL;DR

Senior Backend Product Software Engineer (Core Intelligence & Media): Leading the technical delivery of a team to deliver high-impact customer and business outcomes with an accent on architecture of foundational systems, new product capabilities and operating reliably at the scale of hundreds of millions of users. Focus on technical direction, partner with Product Management as the DRI for critical company-wide objectives.

Location: Remote - Canada: Select locations (Alberta, British Columbia, Ontario, and Saskatchewan)

Salary: $200,600—$271,400 CAD

Company

hirify.global isn’t just a workplace—it’s a living lab for more enlightened ways of working.

What you will do

• Lead the technical delivery of a team of 15 to 20 engineers to deliver high-impact customer and business outcomes.
• Shape technical direction and partner with Product Management as the DRI for critical company-wide objectives.
• Own massive, ambiguous technical and product problems that create company-wide opportunity.
• Be a prolific, hands-on coder who owns and implements the most critical, complex, and foundational components of the system.
• Influence roadmaps across orgs, breaking silos and steering decisions that change how hirify.global builds.
• Architect foundational systems that enable new product capabilities and operate reliably at the scale of hundreds of millions of users.

Requirements

• BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science or a related technical field involving coding (e.g., physics or mathematics) or equivalent technical experience.
• 10+ years of experience as a software engineer.
• Must have worked in a _consumer_ user-facing team (versus a platform team, a developer-facing API-based product, etc).
• Must have a strong mix of skills and depth across multiple areas, including expertise in three or more of search, media systems engineering, performance engineering, modern ML and LLM-based APIs and agentic frameworks.

Nice to have

• Has significant experience in use of AI tools for technical design, prototyping, as well as coding for production use cases.

Culture & Benefits

• Competitive medical, dental and vision coverage.
• Flexible PTO/Paid Time Off, paid holidays, Volunteer Time Off, and more, allowing you time to unplug, unwind, and refresh
• Parental benefits including: Parental Leave, Fertility Benefits, Adoptions and Surrogacy support, and Lactation support
• Mental health and wellness benefits