Staff Developer, API Platform

TL;DR

Staff Developer, API Platform: Leading the development and optimization of public-facing API platforms with an accent on platform architecture, developer experience, and security. Focus on defining long-term platform direction, designing shared API capabilities, and ensuring secure, stable, and resilient APIs at scale.

Location: Remote (United States | Canada)

Salary: $192,000–$278,000 USD (USA) / $167,000–$242,000 CAD (Canada) annually

Company

hirify.global is a market-leading enterprise password manager and pioneer of Extended Access Management, trusted by over 180,000 businesses.

What you will do

• Act as the technical DRI for the public API platform.
• Partner closely with architecture and product leadership to define long-term platform direction.
• Design and implement shared API capabilities such as OAuth client creation, authorization enforcement, and request validation.
• Ensure APIs are secure, stable, and resilient as adoption grows.
• Establish standards and best practices for internal teams building public-facing APIs.
• Mentor and influence senior developers while raising the bar for platform quality.

Requirements

• 8+ years of software engineering experience, with demonstrated ownership of complex backend or platform systems.
• Proficiency in Go.
• Deep experience designing, building, and operating public-facing APIs at scale.
• Strong understanding of authentication, authorization, and identity concepts (OAuth, OIDC, scoped access, policy enforcement).
• Proven ability to define and evolve long-lived API contracts without introducing breaking changes.
• Track record of setting technical direction, influencing across teams, and driving alignment in ambiguous problem spaces.
• Excellent judgment around tradeoffs between speed, safety, and long-term maintainability.
• Must be able to work from the United States or Canada.

Nice to have

• Experience building API platforms or shared infrastructure used by multiple teams.
• Familiarity with external request validation, API gateways, or policy enforcement layers.
• Experience supporting partner or customer-facing integrations or working on security- or identity-adjacent systems.

Culture & Benefits

• Remote-first work environment, with required travel for in-person engagement (e.g., annual department-wide offsites, team meetings).
• Competitive health benefits, maternity and parental leave top-up programs, and generous PTO policy.
• RSU program, retirement matching program, and a free hirify.global account.
• Prioritization of collaboration, clear communication, receptiveness to feedback, and core values: keep it simple, lead with honesty, and put people first.
• Commitment to leveraging cutting-edge technology, including AI, to achieve mission goals.

Hiring process

• Successful applicants will be required to complete a background check.
• Applications are assessed using AI/ML features; candidates have an option to opt out.