Staff Backend Engineer

TL;DR

Staff Backend Engineer (Backend): Building and leading development of highly-available, scalable backend management systems and APIs for core product entities with an accent on distributed cloud architectures, security, and robustness. Focus on architecting scalable infrastructure, mentoring peers, and driving complex technical projects across the organization.

Location: Must be based in Israel

Company

hirify.global is a product company specializing in software infrastructure for media management and delivery.

What you will do

• Architect and design highly-available backend management systems with scalable distributed system considerations and APIs.
• Lead solutions for business application platform layer focusing on robustness, security, and monitoring.
• Serve as a company-wide source of knowledge and lead by example.
• Mentor peers and ensure high standards of code quality.
• Collaborate with product managers and business partners to frame problems within business and product context.

Requirements

• Must have 10+ years of strong backend engineering and leadership experience.
• Experience with cloud-based microservice architectures and distributed services.
• Proven ability to lead complex technical projects and drive organizational change.
• Strong programming skills in Ruby; knowledge of Go is an advantage.
• Experience with databases, cloud (AWS a plus), and web technologies considering scale, latency, and security.
• Must be located in Israel.

Nice to have

• Strong knowledge of authentication, authorization, and permission models.
• Experience with Generative AI technologies (GPT, Copilot, Cursor).