Principal Engineer

TL;DR

Principal Engineer (Backend): Designing solutions and producing architectures for initiatives and projects that have an impact across Engineering and beyond with an accent on helping teams ship scalable, performant software. Focus on creating architectural vision and setting engineering technical standards and culture.

Company

hirify.global is a transformational AI platform in the HR technology industry, enabling enterprise companies to create better and fairer talent decisions.

What you will do

• Design solutions, produce architectures and write RFCs for initiatives and projects which have impact across Engineering and beyond.
• Maintain hands-on credibility by helping teams ship scalable, performant software.
• Partner with Product and Engineering Directors on planning by scoping and sizing for large new projects and features that span multiple teams.
• Work with other Principal Engineers to create and update the architectural vision that will deliver on hirify.global’s strategy.
• Engage with other Principal Engineers in setting and advocating hirify.global Engineering technical standards and Engineering Culture.
• Set the standard for operational ownership, supporting teams to own their services end-to-end.

Requirements

• A proven track record of designing and delivering scalable cloud-based software and services.
• Demonstrable experience of running and supporting services in production environments.
• Previous experience as an individual contributor in an Engineering leadership position (Staff+, Principal, Architect, etc.).
• Strong experience building and operating backend systems in complex environments.
• Expertise with Javascript/Typescript and Node.js.
• Experience with frontend applications built in React.

Nice to have

• A strong understanding of caching strategies for backend services and message queues.
• Exposure to DevOps, incident management and CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience with Kafka and exposure to SQL and NoSQL databases.
• People leadership / mentorship / coaching.
• Ability to collaborate with non-technical colleagues to convert ambiguously defined problems into well-understood requirements and pragmatic solutions.

Culture & Benefits

• Built on trust, empathy & honesty ensuring our workforce is able to bring their full selves to work.
• Dedicated to creating an inclusive environment for everyone, regardless of ethnicity, religion, color, sexual orientation, gender identity, race, national origin, age, disability status, or caregiver status.