Staff Software Engineer (AI)

TL;DR

Staff Software Engineer (AI): Owns major technical areas of zero-instrumentation APM system, from design through long-term evolution and operational maturity with an accent on kernel-level traffic capture, L7 protocol decoding, and metric extraction using eBPF and Go. Focus on setting technical direction and standards for reliability, performance, and maintainability across the team.

Location: Hybrid

Company

hirify.global is a global SaaS business delivering growth and profitability by breaking down silos and solving complexity in the cloud age.

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

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

Nice to have

• You are excited to leverage AI-assisted development tools to improve productivity, code quality, and system design - or are eager to learn.

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.
• An inclusive company culture, ability to join our Community Guilds (hirify.global employee resource groups).
• Access to Inclusion Talks, our Internal panel discussions.
• Free, global mental health benefits for employees and dependents age 6+.