Senior Software Engineer, Core Infrastructure (AI)

TL;DR

Senior Software Engineer (Core Infrastructure): Designing and building new infrastructure systems and scaling existing infrastructure that powers every user interaction with hirify.global's AI platform. Focus on reliability, scalability, and security of the platform.

Location: Based in San Francisco, CA. We use an in-person work model and offer relocation assistance to new employees.

Salary: $201,000 - $264,000 USD

Company

hirify.global is transforming how legal and professional services operate by combining agentic AI, an enterprise-grade platform, and deep domain expertise.

What you will do

• Design and build scalable, fault-tolerant infrastructure systems for hirify.global's AI platform across multiple cloud regions.
• Own and evolve our multi-cloud infrastructure (Azure, GCP), including Kubernetes orchestration, networking, and container management.
• Lead technical initiatives around observability, incident response, and operational excellence, building systems for rapid issue detection and resolution.
• Architect and optimize our distributed systems for reliability, including load balancing, quota management, and failover mechanisms.
• Partner with Product Engineering and Security teams to ensure our infrastructure is an accelerant, not a constraint.
• Drive infrastructure-as-code practices using tools like Terraform and Pulumi to enable reproducible, auditable deployments.

Requirements

• 4+ years of experience in Infrastructure Engineering or Platform Engineering in a production environment.
• Experience building and scaling complex, large-scale distributed systems.
• Deep proficiency with cloud infrastructure platforms (Azure preferred; GCP or AWS experience transfers well).
• Strong fluency in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools — Terraform, Pulumi, or CloudFormation.
• Solid understanding of Kubernetes, container orchestration, networking, and cloud security at scale.
• Experience with observability tools (Datadog, Sentry) and incident response practices (PagerDuty).
• Strong programming skills in Python, Go, or similar languages.

Nice to have

• Experience building infrastructure for AI/ML workloads or high-throughput inference systems.
• Background with distributed rate limiting, load balancing, or quota management systems.
• Experience operating multi-tenant platforms with strict security and compliance requirements.
• Track record of leading complex cross-functional projects and delivering measurable impact.

Culture & Benefits

• Work in an environment balanced between innovation and operational excellence.
• Directly impact the reliability, scalability, and security of our platform.
• Be part of a team that is sharp, motivated, and deeply committed to the mission.
• Opportunity for growth — personal, professional, and financial.