Staff Software Engineer, Add-on Operations

TL;DR

Staff Software Engineer (Fullstack): Crafting resilient systems to accelerate the review and operations team, providing a first-class experience for Add-on developers with an accent on automated moderation pipelines, reviewer tools, and DevHub. Focus on modernizing the platform and its architecture to reach millions of users worldwide.

Location: Remote Canada

Salary: $128,000 - $171,000 CAD (Canada Tier 1 Locations)
$116,000 - $154,000 CAD (Canada Tier 2 Locations)

Company

hirify.global is the non-profit-backed technology company that has shaped the internet for the better over the last 25 years.

What you will do

• Plan and deliver major features and architectural improvements across the Add-ons stack, including automated moderation pipelines, Reviewer tools, and DevHub.
• Partner with Engineering management to set Operations Engineering standards (SLOs, incident management, observability baselines).
• Mentor engineers, sharing knowledge and delegating responsibilities to help others grow.
• Improve platform reliability through deployments, monitoring, and incident response.
• Help keep the platform safe and trustworthy, with attention to security and user trust.
• Collaborate with designers, product managers, QA, and community contributors to deliver end-to-end improvements.

Requirements

• Experience leading and building modern web applications.
• Strong experience with Python/Django or similar backend frameworks.
• Understanding of web security principles and practices.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills in a distributed team environment.
• Adept at navigating ambiguity, exploring solutions, and shaping direction in new problem spaces.
• Ability to work across teams and align stakeholders on engineering vision.

Nice to have

• Experience in Site Reliability Engineering
• Exposure to cloud infrastructure (Google Cloud or similar).
• Contributions to open source projects.
• Experience with policy-compliant ecosystem moderation tools.

Culture & Benefits

• Generous performance-based bonus plans to all eligible employees.
• Rich medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Generous retirement contributions with 100% immediate vesting.
• Quarterly all-company wellness days.
• Annual professional development budget.
• Considerable paid parental leave.