Staff Software Engineer (AI)

TL;DR

Staff Software Engineer (Linux, Kernel, eBPF): Building hirify.global’s zero-instrumentation observability platform, enabling automatic service discovery, protocol classification, and high-fidelity metrics from plaintext and TLS-encrypted traffic with an accent on kernel-space eBPF, user-space Go services, and large-scale distributed systems. Focus on driving architecture, leading high-impact initiatives addressing protocol parsing, TLS visibility, kernel compatibility, and performance at scale.

Location: Hybrid (Tel Aviv, Israel)

Company

hirify.global is a global SaaS business that provides an observability platform for cloud-scale applications, infrastructure, and logs.

What you will do

• Own major technical areas of the zero-instrumentation APM system, from design through long-term evolution and operational maturity.
• Define and drive architecture for kernel-level traffic capture, L7 protocol decoding, and metric extraction using eBPF and Go.
• Lead high-impact initiatives addressing protocol parsing, TLS visibility, kernel compatibility, and performance at scale.
• Set technical direction and standards for reliability, performance, and maintainability across the team.
• Partner cross-functionally with Agent, Tracing, Security, Runtime, and Product teams to align on system design and roadmap priorities.

Requirements

• Deep experience in backend or systems engineering, with strong proficiency in Go and/or C/C++.
• Comfortable operating close to the Linux kernel, with experience in eBPF, networking, observability, or similarly low-level systems.
• Consistently think at a system and organizational scale, making thoughtful tradeoffs between performance, correctness, velocity, and long-term sustainability.
• Built, evolved, or operated large-scale production systems in complex and heterogeneous environments.
• Demonstrate technical leadership without relying on authority—influence architecture, unblock teams, and raise the technical bar through collaboration.
• Strong bias for performance, efficiency, and reliability, especially in resource-constrained or performance-sensitive contexts.

Culture & Benefits

• New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan (ESPP).
• Continuous professional development, product training, and career pathing.
• Intradepartmental mentor and buddy program for in-house networking.
• Inclusive company culture and access to Community Guilds (hirify.global employee resource groups).
• Free, global mental health benefits for employees and dependents age 6+.
• Competitive global benefits.