Senior Software Engineer (Infrastructure)

TL;DR

Senior Software Engineer (Infrastructure): Develop and maintain cloud infrastructure and backend services supporting products used by millions of students and educators with an accent on reliability, security, and developer velocity. Focus on architecting scalable cloud systems, engineering high-throughput data pipelines, and improving developer tooling in a collaborative environment.

Location: United States only, remote

Salary: $155,000 - $195,000 per year

Company

hirify.global builds award-winning learning solutions for K-12 education, focusing on effective teaching, equitable engagement, and student safety.

What you will do

• Architect and maintain secure, scalable cloud infrastructure and deployment systems ensuring high availability.
• Design and implement high-performance backend services and shared libraries supporting core product functionality.
• Engineer high-throughput data pipelines and optimize data storage for production-scale workloads.
• Write clean, maintainable code and lead initiatives to modernize and improve codebase health.
• Build and enhance developer tooling and automation to accelerate testing, release, and engineering velocity.
• Collaborate across teams to drive technical standards, conduct code reviews, and mentor engineers on system design and best practices.

Requirements

• Must be based in the United States.
• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience focused on backend or infrastructure.
• Strong proficiency in at least one backend language (Go preferred, also Python, Java).
• Experience with major cloud providers (AWS preferred, GCP a plus).
• Proficiency with data storage/query technologies (MySQL, PostgreSQL, Redis, Elasticsearch) and streaming platforms (Kinesis, Kafka) is a plus.
• Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform), containerization (Docker), and deployment architectures (Kubernetes, Serverless) is preferred.

Culture & Benefits

• Competitive pay with health insurance, 401(k) matching, bonuses, and stock options.
• Flexible time off, paid holidays, parental leave, wellness days, and year-end holiday break.
• Professional growth support including learning funds and lifestyle benefits.
• Inclusive, mission-driven, and collaborative remote work environment.