Staff Engineer (Backend)

TL;DR

Staff Engineer (Backend): Leading the development of new features in a Django monolith, focusing on core user experiences such as viewing and editing hirify.globals. Focus on optimizing database queries, endpoints, and caching layers to improve performance and scalability across critical user workflows.

Location: Remote (US)

Salary: $205,000-$235,000 base + equity

Company

hirify.global's Workflow AI platform automatically captures and optimizes workflows, used by more than 94% of the Fortune 500.

What you will do

• Lead the development of new features in our Django monolith, focusing on viewing and editing hirify.globals.
• Optimize database queries, endpoints, and caching layers to improve performance and scalability.
• Collaborate with product and design to deliver intuitive, reliable editing and rendering experiences at scale.
• Make architectural decisions about when to extend the monolith and when to invest in service extraction.
• Set a high bar for engineering excellence through code reviews, mentorship, and best practices in testing, observability, and performance.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience building backend applications at high scale and availability.
• Extensive experience with Python.
• Experience optimizing endpoint performance and database queries.
• Strong advocate for automated testing.
• Experience implementing engineering best practices.
• User-centric, empathetic, and passionate about your work.

Nice to have

• Experience with Django.
• Startup experience.

Culture & Benefits

• Competitive salaries.
• Comprehensive healthcare benefits.
• Exciting and motivating equity.
• Flexible PTO.
• 401k.
• Parental Leave.