Staff Software Engineer (SaaS)

TL;DR

Staff Software Engineer (SaaS): Owning and delivering end-to-end features and functionality for hirify.global Lake and Lakehouse with an accent on scalability, performance, and maintainability. Focus on optimizing and extending the capabilities of hirify.global Lake and Lakehouse, leveraging expertise in distributed systems and cloud technologies.

Location: Remote within the United States

Salary: $195,000 - $240,000

Company

hirify.global is the data engine for IT and Security, trusted by many of the biggest names in the most demanding industries to solve their most pressing data needs.

What you will do

• Help to drive the technical direction and architecture of hirify.global Lake and Lakehouse, ensuring its scalability, performance, and maintainability.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define and deliver on product roadmaps and objectives.
• Mentor and guide junior engineers, fostering a culture of continuous learning and improvement.
• Identify and mitigate technical risks and debt, ensuring the long-term health of the codebase.
• Contribute to the development of best practices and engineering standards within the organization.
• Optimize and extend the capabilities of hirify.global Lake and Lakehouse, leveraging your expertise in distributed systems and cloud technologies.

Requirements

• Proven track record of writing clean, maintainable, and testable code (Node.js/TypeScript)
• Extensive experience in complex development environments, especially in large-scale highly available distributed systems and SaaS platforms
• Deep expertise in developing resilient and scalable backend services on cloud providers, preferably AWS
• Strong knowledge of data structures, algorithms, Linux, and distributed systems
• Experience using assertion frameworks and tools like Mocha, Cypress, Jest to automate regression checks
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision and a track record of learning quickly

Nice to have

• Experience mentoring and guiding junior engineers
• Passion for making engineers successful and finding fulfillment through the success of others
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines such as BitBucket, Jenkins, CircleCI, etc.
• Broad range of experience implementing various cloud design patterns
• Experience with serverless / lambda-based implementations

Culture & Benefits

• Generous benefits package which includes health, dental, vision, short-term disability, and life insurance.
• Paid holidays and paid time off, a fertility treatment benefit, 401(k), equity, and eligibility for a discretionary company-wide bonus.
• As a remote-first company hirify.global believe in empowering employees to do their best work, wherever they are.