Senior Software Engineer (Infrastructure)

TL;DR

Senior Software Engineer (Infrastructure): Developing and maintaining cloud solutions and backend services for products used by millions, with an accent on improving reliability, security, and developer velocity. Focus on architecting scalable infrastructure, designing high-performance backend services, and engineering high-throughput data pipelines.

Location: Remote (United States)

Salary: $155,000–$195,000 per year

Company

hirify.global is an outcomes-focused learning company dedicated to improving learning environments for K-12 through an award-winning system of learning solutions.

What you will do

• Architect and maintain secure, scalable cloud infrastructure and deployment systems to ensure high availability.
• Design and implement high-performance backend services and shared libraries to support core functionality across product suites.
• Engineer high-throughput data pipelines and optimize data storage solutions to handle production-scale workloads.
• Write clean, maintainable code and lead initiatives to modernize and improve the health of the codebase.
• 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

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience, with a focus on backend systems or infrastructure.
• Strong proficiency in at least one backend programming language (e.g. Go, Python, Java), preferably Go.
• Demonstrated experience with major cloud infrastructure providers (AWS preferred).
• Proficiency with various data storage and query technologies, such as MySQL, PostgreSQL, Redis, and OpenSearch/Elasticsearch.
• Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles and tools like Terraform.
• Understanding of containerization (Docker) and modern deployment architectures.

Nice to have

• Experience with GCP.
• Experience with streaming platforms like Kinesis or Kafka.
• Experience with Kubernetes or Serverless.

Culture & Benefits

• Competitive pay, complete health insurance, 401(k) matching, bonuses, and an employee stock option plan.
• Flexible time off, 13 paid holidays, paid parental leave, wellness days, and a paid year-end holiday break.
• Robust catalog of benefits including learning funds, lifestyle funds, and online yoga & meditation classes.
• Supportive, driven colleagues who share your passion.