Recommendations Engineer (AI, Python, Go)

TL;DR

Senior Recommendations Engineer (AI, Python, Go): Designing, delivering, and maintaining high-load real-time web services for an e-commerce search and discovery platform, integrating advanced AI and LLM capabilities for product recommendations with an accent on API design, scalability, and distributed systems architecture. Focus on building robust recommendations services, implementing CI/CD pipelines, ensuring system reliability, and solving complex concurrency challenges under heavy traffic.

Location: Fully remote (global)

Salary: $80,000–$120,000 USD

Company

hirify.global is a next-generation platform for search and discovery in ecommerce, leveraging proprietary AI and generative LLMs to optimize revenue, conversion rate, and profit for global brands.

What you will do

• Design, deliver, and maintain high-load real-time web services for recommendations.
• Build, deploy, and support robust I/O-bound and CPU-bound recommendation services.
• Write AWS CloudFormation scripts and implement CI/CD pipelines following industry standards.
• Set up service observability, monitoring, and alerting (Prometheus, Grafana, PagerDuty).
• Collaborate with technical and non-technical partners to develop and update recommendation functionalities.

Requirements

• Strong computer science background and familiarity with networking principles.
• Experience in designing, developing, and maintaining high-load real-time services.
• Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like CloudFormation or Terraform.
• Hands-on experience with setting up and improving CI/CD pipelines.
• Proficiency in Python, and ideally in compiled languages like Go or Rust.
• Experience in server-side coding for web services and strong API design principles.
• Skilled in setting up and managing observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, PagerDuty).
• Familiarity with Service-Oriented Architecture, distributed systems, and databases (NoSQL, relational, caching).
• Experience with major public cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Experience collaborating in cross-functional teams.
• Excellent English communication skills.

Culture & Benefits

• Unlimited vacation time (encouraging 3+ weeks per year).
• Fully remote team with choice of living location and work-from-home stipend.
• Apple laptops provided for new employees.
• Annual training and development budget.
• Maternity & Paternity leave for qualified employees.
• Opportunity to work with smart people and make a meaningful impact.
• Regular team offsites for connection and collaboration.