Senior Backend Engineer, Entities & Platform (AI)

TL;DR

Senior Backend Engineer, Entities & Platform (AI): Designing and building scalable backend systems to support LLM-driven products and internal platforms with an accent on reliable deployment, experimentation, and iteration of AI-powered systems. Focus on maintaining high standards for reliability, performance, observability, and maintainability, while influencing the technical direction of hirify.global’s AI platform.

Location: Hybrid, 3x per week at our Toronto office

Salary: CA$99.8K - CA$271.2K

Company

hirify.global empowers personal injury lawyers and victims to get the justice they deserve using technology and AI.

What you will do

• Design, build, and enhance scalable backend systems supporting LLM-driven products and internal platforms.
• Own infrastructure and services for reliable deployment, experimentation, and iteration of AI-powered systems.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to gather requirements and deliver reusable, scalable solutions.
• Influence the technical direction and long-term architecture of hirify.global’s AI platform.
• Maintain high standards for reliability, performance, observability, and maintainability.
• Drive projects from early design through deployment, monitoring, and iterative improvement.

Requirements

• Extensive experience building frameworks, libraries, and distributed systems with a focus on reliability, observability, and performance.
• Proficiency delivering production-ready code, managing infrastructure, and building RESTful APIs to industry standards.
• Experience owning and delivering complex technical projects.
• Success in startup or high-growth environments valuing speed, collaboration, and ownership.
• Proficiency in Python or other languages (Go, Java, C++).
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with proven cross-disciplinary collaboration.

Nice to have

• Background with AI systems, LLMs, or machine learning infrastructure.
• Experience in legal tech or social impact–driven products.
• Prior work supporting internal platforms or developer-facing tools.

Culture & Benefits

• Choice of medical, dental, and vision insurance plans.
• Flexible paid time off, sick leave, short-term and long-term disability.
• Home office stipend.
• 401(k) for US-based employees and RRSP for Canada-based employees.
• Paid parental leave.
• Hubs in San Francisco and Toronto.