Staff Software Engineer (AI)

TL;DR

Staff Software Engineer (AI): Designing and implementing an Agentic AI Platform, focusing on the orchestration layer and autonomous agents to execute complex security workflows. Focus on building distributed systems, state machines, and tooling to transform generative models into reliable, enterprise-grade agents, ensuring system reliability and security guardrails.

Location: Remote within the U.S., with occasional in-person meetings. Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to provide sponsorship for work visas.

Salary: $188,000–$250,666.67 USD

Company

hirify.global is a leading Exposure Management company, relied on by 44,000 organizations globally to understand and reduce cyber risk.

What you will do

• Architect and implement backend services for multi-agent workflows and the Agentic AI Platform.
• Design scalable workflow engines and "human-in-the-loop" systems for long-running investigations and remediation tasks.
• Create integration layers between Python-based AI frameworks and JVM-based microservices architecture.
• Implement verification layers, citations, and security guardrails for deterministic and safe agent operations.
• Build advanced Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) pipelines and "Tool Use" capabilities.
• Collaborate with researchers and product leads to define the roadmap for AI orchestration and champion best practices for MLOps.

Requirements

• B.S. or M.S. in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 7+ years of software engineering experience, with a strong background in building backend systems, APIs, and platforms.
• Hands-on experience building AI agents and autonomous workflows using frameworks such as LangChain, LangGraph, AutoGen, CrewAI, or Pydantic AI.
• Strong programming skills in Python with experience in, or a willingness to work with, JVM-based languages (Java, Kotlin, or Scala).
• Experience designing event-driven architectures, managing concurrency, and building fault-tolerant distributed services (e.g., Kafka, gRPC, REST).
• Proficiency with Relational Databases (PostgreSQL) and experience with Vector Databases (e.g., Pinecone, Weaviate, Milvus) or search engines (Elasticsearch).
• Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. No visa sponsorship provided.

Nice to have

• Experience designing frameworks to evaluate agent performance (accuracy, latency, cost) and implementing CI/CD for AI workflows.
• Experience deploying and scaling services in AWS using Docker and Kubernetes.
• Familiarity with Knowledge Graphs or advanced search algorithms to improve agent reasoning.
• Understanding of cybersecurity concepts (vulnerability management, cloud security).

Culture & Benefits

• Work with talented and passionate people in a culture of belonging, respect, and excellence.
• Comprehensive and competitive benefits including medical, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance.
• 401(k) retirement savings with company match and an employee stock purchase plan.
• Flexible spending accounts, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), and education assistance.
• Parental leave, paid time off, company-paid holidays, and health and wellness events.