Software Engineer (Api)

TL;DR

Software Engineer (API): Building and scaling GraphQL infrastructure that powers applications across hirify.global's ecosystem with an accent on API design and developer platforms. Focus on performance monitoring, optimization, and reliability improvements for the GraphQL platform.

Location: Must be based in the US

Salary: $217,800—$326,800 USD (Zone A)

Company

hirify.global is one company built from many hirify.globals, all united by the same purpose of economic empowerment.

What you will do

• Lead the design and implementation of core GraphQL platform features, including API gateway capabilities, schema management tools, and developer SDKs.
• Drive platform architecture decisions and implement solutions that scale across hirify.global's ecosystem.
• Collaborate with product teams across hirify.global (Square, Cash App, etc.) to understand their needs and build solutions that promote both internal and external API capabilities.
• Proactively identify, design, and implement performance monitoring, optimization, and reliability improvements for the GraphQL platform.

Requirements

• 8+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Strong knowledge in one of Typescript or Kotlin (or a similar language).
• Experience designing, building, and maintaining API platforms - including developer tools, developer-focused SDKs, and documentation (not strictly with GraphQL!)
• Experience driving technical decisions across an organization and mentoring engineers.
• Contributed to scaling and operating distributed systems handling high traffic volumes.
• Kindness, maturity, and empathy for your end-users and colleagues.

Culture & Benefits

• Gentle yet purposeful onboarding experience that respects your expertise while giving you time to learn and grow comfortable with our systems, processes, and people.
• Inclusive economy where our customers have equal access to opportunity.
• Fair and inclusive interview experience, including providing reasonable accommodations to disabled applicants throughout the recruitment process.
• Remote work, medical insurance, flexible time off, retirement savings plans, and modern family planning.

Hiring process

• Within 1 month, gain familiarity with the inner workings of our GraphQL platform and deploy your first meaningful changes to production with the right amount of guidance and support.
• Within 3 months, share your expertise and perspective in architectural discussions, take ownership of a significant component within our platform ecosystem, and join our on-call rotation with plenty of shadowing opportunities and a supportive escalation path.
• Within 6 months, become more comfortable operating as a GraphQL ambassador to the rest of hirify.global engineering, lead the design and implementation of new platform capabilities with the collaborative support of the team.