Senior Software Engineer, Connectivity (AI)

TL;DR

Senior Software Engineer (Platform/AI): Designing and owning foundational platform systems for scalable data generation and AI infrastructure, with an accent on architectural judgment, correctness, and reliability. Focus on building distributed systems at scale, integrating with public LLM APIs, and designing data transformation systems for complex AI workflows.

Location: Must be based in San Francisco, New York, or Seattle.

Salary: $216,200—$270,250 USD

Company

hirify.global develops reliable AI systems for the world's most important decisions, providing high-quality data and full-stack technologies to power leading AI models for enterprises and governments.

What you will do

• Design and own foundational platform systems supporting scalable data generation, evaluation, and customer delivery across Scale’s ecosystem.
• Architect extensible, production-grade services that can support frontier AI workflows, including multi-modal inputs, long-running processes, and agentic orchestration.
• Build and operate distributed systems at scale, with strong guarantees around correctness, reliability, observability, and cost efficiency.
• Integrate with public LLM APIs and AI services, designing abstractions that are resilient to model churn, latency variability, and evolving usage patterns.
• Design and maintain data transformation and processing systems, supporting complex schema evolution, customization, and high-throughput workloads.
• Lead multi-quarter technical initiatives, including authoring and driving a 6+ month technical roadmap for major platform investments.

Requirements

• 7+ years of professional software engineering experience, with a strong background in building and operating large-scale, production-grade platforms.
• Deep expertise in distributed systems and cloud-native architectures, including Kubernetes, microservices, event-driven systems, caching, and production databases.
• Proven ability to lead multi-quarter technical initiatives, work effectively across cross-functional teams, and apply strong architectural judgment in ambiguous environments.
• Location: Must be based in San Francisco, New York, or Seattle.
• English: B2+ required.

Nice to have

• Experience integrating with public LLM APIs and designing systems that handle scale, reliability, latency, and cost tradeoffs.
• Experience building or operating data processing and transformation systems supporting complex workflows and evolving schemas.

Culture & Benefits

• Comprehensive health, dental and vision coverage.
• Retirement benefits.
• Learning and development stipend.
• Generous PTO.
• May be eligible for a commuter stipend.
• Inclusive and equal opportunity workplace committed to diversity.
• Committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with physical and mental disabilities.

Hiring process

• A 90-day waiting period is required before reconsideration for the same role.