Staff Software Engineer (Databases)

TL;DR

Staff Software Engineer (Databases): Building and scaling the database infrastructure that powers Claude's product offerings and hirify.global's research initiatives with an accent on architecting data storage solutions across multi-cloud environments and optimizing performance at massive scale. Focus on driving technical direction, solving unprecedented scaling challenges for billions of API requests, and accelerating AI innovation.

Location: Hybrid (San Francisco, New York City). Currently, all staff are expected to be in one of our offices at least 25% of the time. Visa sponsorship is available.

Salary: $405,000–$485,000 USD (Annual)

Company

hirify.global is a public benefit corporation focused on creating reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems.

What you will do

• Drive the technical direction for database solutions used across Product and Research.
• Design and implement database solutions that scale to support millions of users across Claude's product ecosystem.
• Build and scale database systems through 100x+ growth while maintaining reliability and performance.
• Architect data storage solutions that work seamlessly across GCP, AWS, and diverse deployment models.
• Develop database infrastructure that serves both product and research workloads with different performance characteristics.
• Optimize database performance, reliability, and cost efficiency at massive scale.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in a Software Engineer role, building and scaling database systems.
• 3+ years of experience leading large-scale, complex projects or teams as an engineer or tech lead.
• Possess deep expertise in distributed database architectures and OLTP systems at scale.
• Have successfully scaled databases through massive growth at high-growth companies.
• Can balance the speed of a startup environment with the reliability needs of production systems.
• English: B2 required.
• Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience is required.

Nice to have

• Deep expertise scaling PostgreSQL, MySQL, DynamoDB, or similar database systems.
• Experience with Redis, Temporal, vector databases, or async job processing frameworks.
• Experience building multi-cloud or hybrid cloud database solutions.
• Knowledge of database orchestration and automation at scale.

Culture & Benefits

• Work as a single cohesive team on large-scale research efforts with a focus on impact.
• Collaborative group with frequent research discussions.
• Competitive compensation and benefits, optional equity donation matching.
• Generous vacation and parental leave, flexible working hours.
• Lovely office space in San Francisco.