Staff Software Engineer (Java)

TL;DR

Staff Software Engineer (Java): Designing and implementing scalable systems and infrastructure for hirify.global's Payments platform with an accent on API design, database performance, and microservices architecture. Focus on building and scaling a checkout & payment experience, contributing to top-line growth, and ensuring system reliability through thorough measurement and A/B testing.

Location: Must be based in the United States

Salary: $182,400–$228,000 annually (US Zone 2)

Company

hirify.global is an edtech company founded to make world-class learning accessible globally, leveraging a platform used by millions to gain skills in technology and business.

What you will do

• Design and implement scalable systems and infrastructure for the payments platform.
• Measure your work thoroughly, analyze results, and generate hypotheses to drive new product changes through A/B testing.
• Set up monitoring and testing of your APIs and services to better understand the real-time health of payment products.
• Collaborate with cross-functional product, design, engineering, and services teams to ensure a thorough and thoughtful end-to-end implementation journey for payment features.
• Contribute to the conceptualization of new payment solutions with a problem-first, data-driven, and test & iterate approach.

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience working in a relevant software engineering role.
• Expertise in designing highly-scalable and performant micro-services and storage layers using common frameworks, languages, and infrastructure (e.g., Java, MySQL, Cassandra, Solr, Kafka).
• Comfortable working in a fast-moving team environment.
• Data-driven and strongly motivated by success and learnings through experiments and metrics analysis.
• Experience in building and launching successful products, particularly with an understanding of defining and managing APIs and system and data architecture.
• Strong commitment to hirify.global's mission of transforming lives through learning.

Culture & Benefits

• Globally distributed team with flexible work options (from home, a hirify.global hub, or a co-working space).
• Competitive, zone-based pay aligned to your location, experience, and role level.
• Comprehensive health and wellness benefits.
• Bonus and RSU equity programs.
• Global perks designed to help you grow and thrive wherever you are.