Backend Engineer (Developer Experience)

TL;DR

Backend Engineer (Developer Experience): Collaborating with product managers, stakeholders, and fellow engineers to build and optimize a dynamic, scalable, and high-impact platform with an accent on creating seamless user experiences. Focus on ensuring efficient data structures, clear API interfaces, and supporting platform extensibility.

Location: You can work remotely from anywhere in Switzerland or on-site in our St. Gallen office

Company

hirify.global’s brand platform transforms how teams organize digital assets, collaborate on projects, and create engaging campaigns.

What you will do

• Design, develop, and implement hyperscaling solutions to third-party systems, increasing the extensibility of our systems and supporting external developers through great documentation.
• Build and refine API interfaces and service communications, ensuring clarity, scalability, and adaptability.
• Collaborate across teams to create efficient contracts and interfaces, leveraging your generalist mindset to approach varied challenges when supporting external developers.
• Maintain and enhance existing solutions, proactively identifying and resolving issues.
• Partner closely with product management, design, and engineering toward viable product development changes from discovery to delivery.
• Coach and mentor fellow engineers through pair programming, code reviews, and knowledge sharing.

Requirements

• Deep understanding of API design, including RESTful, GraphQL and best practices/principles for structuring efficient, secure, scalable, and maintainable APIs.
• Expert in PHP.
• Experienced in architecting/designing, developing, and maintaining large software solutions.
• Experience building a product where developers are your customers and understanding their problems and needs.
• Familiar with how to build software end to end with a firm understanding of the frontend with exposure to React.
• Skilled in writing unit and integration tests, with a solid grasp of error handling, logging, and observability.

Culture & Benefits

• Thrive with the tools and support to shape your future at hirify.global.
• Be part of a product that connects brands and people with a human touch.
• Enjoy flexibility, opportunities to grow, and exposure to innovative technologies and ideas.
• Join a vibrant, social team.
• A minimum of 25 days annual leave per year.
• Workation: Work from inspiring locations around the world for up to 45 days per year!