Senior Software Engineer (Backend)

TL;DR

Senior Software Engineer (Backend): Driving complex projects and solving architectural challenges for a world-class engineering organization, building and optimizing backend applications with an accent on API design, scalability, and distributed systems. Focus on leading code reviews, applying architectural standards, and mentoring junior engineers.

Location: hirify.globals can choose where they work – whether in an office, from home, or a combination of the two. The company can hire people in any country where it has a legal entity.

Company

hirify.global is a product company focused on unleashing the potential of every team through software products like Jira, Confluence, Trello, and Bitbucket.

What you will do

• Drive complex projects autonomously, from technical design to launch.
• Solve complex architecture challenges and apply architectural standards.
• Lead code reviews and take on complex bug fixes.
• Partner across engineering teams to handle company-wide initiatives.
• Transfer depth of knowledge from your current language to excel as a Java developer.
• Mentor junior members of the team.

Requirements

• 7+ years experience building and developing backend applications.
• Understanding of SaaS, PaaS, IaaS industry.
• Hands-on experience with public cloud offerings (e.g., AWS, GCP, Azure).
• Fluency in any one database technology (e.g. RDBMS like Oracle or Postgres and/or NoSQL like DynamoDB or Cassandra).
• Experience crafting and implementing well-tested, highly scalable and performant micro-services and/or other distributed systems.
• Practical knowledge of agile software development methodologies (e.g., XP, scrum).
• Practice in mentoring other engineers and influencing decision makers.

Nice to have

• Senior-level experience with one or more prominent languages such as Java, Python, Kotlin, Go, or Scala.

Culture & Benefits

• Flexible work options (office, home, or combination).
• Support for family, personal goals, and other priorities.
• Wide range of perks and benefits including health and wellbeing resources, and paid volunteer days.
• Commitment to diversity and inclusion.
• Accommodations or adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process.