Distinguished Engineer (Hyperscalers)

TL;DR

Distinguished Engineer (Hyperscalers): Building and scaling hirify.global architecture and experience across major cloud services (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud) with an accent on driving innovation, engineering excellence, and designing scalable, fault-tolerant architectures. Focus on solving complex engineering problems related to service fundamentals, developer velocity, and highly available control plane designs.

Location: Hybrid, based in San Jose, California, United States. Most roles will have some level of in-office and/or in-person expectations.

Salary: $285,000–$355,000

Company

hirify.global is a leader in intelligent data infrastructure, providing unified storage, integrated data services, and solutions that empower organizations to leverage their data from AI to multicloud.

What you will do

• Lead the definition, design, architecture quality, implementation, and delivery of advanced challenges spanning the Cloud business unit.
• Operate independently and act as a force multiplier, solving complex company challenges.
• Foster a culture of learning, experimentation, and advocate for best engineering, QA, and operational practices.
• Serve as a technical leader on demanding, cross-functional engineering projects, decomposing complex problems into simple solutions.
• Architect and build modern CD/CI infrastructure and cloud-native QA frameworks.
• Contribute to intellectual property through patents.

Requirements

• Minimum 10+ years of software engineering experience, with 4+ years as a Senior Principal Engineer leading multiple teams.
• Expert knowledge in performance, scalability, enterprise system architecture, and engineering best practices.
• Extensive experience designing and building large-scale, fault-tolerant, high-scale distributed systems on major cloud providers (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud).
• Proficient in at least one modern programming language (Java, Typescript, Python, or Ruby).
• Experience operating and troubleshooting reliable, scalable software systems and building fully automated testing frameworks.
• Excellent communication and writing skills are required.

Nice to have

• Prior experience working on storage systems.
• Decent understanding of storage architectures, design patterns, and best practices (RAID, Volumes, Replication).

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid working environment designed for connection, collaboration, and culture.
• Comprehensive benefits package including Health Insurance, Life Insurance, Retirement/Pension Plans, PTO, Performance-Based Incentives, and employee stock purchase plan.
• Culture that celebrates mold breakers, bold thinkers, and problem solvers.
• Flexibility to balance professional ambition with personal life.