Staff Software Engineer (AI, Fintech)

TL;DR

Staff Software Engineer (AI, Fintech): Leading the technical strategy and building scalable Global Lending solutions, impacting 24M+ customers across Afterpay and Cash App, with an accent on API design, platform reliability, and performance. Focus on driving system consolidations, influencing technical direction across multiple teams, and shaping practices with advanced AI tools.

Location: hirify.global is a globally distributed company, and this role requires working with employees in multiple time zones. Remote work is offered globally.

Company

hirify.global, Inc. builds technology to increase access to the global economy through brands like Square, Cash App, Afterpay, TIDAL, and Bitkey, focusing on financial services and commerce.

What you will do

• Own the complete software lifecycle end to end, from initial design and development through production rollout and ongoing system support.
• Work in cross-functional Product engineering teams to drive discovery, delivery, and validation of product features.
• Drive system consolidations and service improvements that enhance overall platform reliability and performance.
• Proactively identify, design, and champion technical initiatives that deliver measurable organizational impact beyond immediate team boundaries.
• Influence technical direction and standards across multiple teams and product areas.
• Work with advanced AI tools to improve engineering speed, quality, and learning whilst shaping practices for efficiency and productivity.

Requirements

• 10+ years of strong experience building scalable and maintainable software applications.
• Experience using modern JVM languages, preferably Java or Kotlin.
• Experience using backend technologies including Spring Boot, ORM/Hibernate, gRPC, Kafka, Redis, Temporal workflow, relational and NoSQL databases.
• Strong experience working with Cloud technologies, preferably AWS stack.
• Strong experience with structured Logging, error tracing, service monitoring, and alerting.
• Experience working within an agile and fast-moving environment.

Culture & Benefits

• Remote work and flexible time off.
• Medical insurance and retirement savings plans.
• Modern family planning benefits.
• Commitment to an inclusive interview experience, including providing reasonable accommodations to disabled applicants.

Hiring process

• Automated AI tools may be used to evaluate job applications for efficiency and consistency.
• All personal data is handled in accordance with state and local privacy laws, including bias audits.