Senior Software Engineer (Distributed Systems)

TL;DR

Senior Software Engineer (Distributed Systems): Building scalable, fault-tolerant, and highly available systems that process millions of events and alerts in real time with an accent on API design, database performance, and scalability. Focus on microservices architecture, solving complex concurrency challenges, and ensuring system reliability under heavy traffic.

Location: Must be based in Dublin, Ireland for a hybrid working model.

Company

hirify.global is transforming how developers build and run applications with its unified database platform, empowering innovation in the AI era.

What you will do

• Design and build distributed systems for real-time event processing with high availability and low latency.
• Lead end-to-end projects from design to production, ensuring scalability and operational excellence.
• Evolve streaming alerting and eventing platforms to improve reliability and throughput.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate services into the customer observability ecosystem.
• Develop secure, multi-tenant integrations with third-party providers, handling sensitive credentials safely.
• Mentor and guide other engineers on distributed architectures and streaming technologies.

Requirements

• 5+ years of backend engineering experience with Java, Go, or similar languages.
• Familiarity with service-oriented architectures (SOA) using gRPC or REST.
• Strong understanding of AWS (or other hyperscalers), cloud networking, and infrastructure-as-code.
• Comfortable working in high-scale environments processing millions of events per day.
• Must be based in Dublin, Ireland.
• Strong communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills.

Culture & Benefits

• Work on scalable distributed systems impacting thousands of global customers.
• Join a team modernizing core observability services for hirify.global Atlas.
• Collaborate with world-class engineers and leaders.
• Enjoy a supportive, inclusive, and growth-oriented culture.
• Access to employee affinity groups, fertility assistance, and generous parental leave.