Senior Staff Software Engineer (Fintech)

TL;DR

Senior Staff Software Engineer (Fintech): Owning and architecting the Onboarding & KYC platform end-to-end for a global crypto economy with an accent on modernizing legacy systems and designing for high availability and compliance. Focus on integrating identity signals, reducing onboarding friction, and exploring AI-driven identity systems.

Location: Hybrid, US-based role with required in-person attendance for offsites.

Salary: $253,895–$298,700 USD

Company

hirify.global is building the emerging onchain platform to increase economic freedom in the world.

What you will do

• Serve as primary technical owner for the Onboarding & KYC platform, integrating identity signals with adjacent products and data platforms.
• Lead a multi-quarter rebuild to modernize legacy systems into a geo-specific architecture that scales globally.
• Define the technical vision and standards, driving domain abstraction and expanding the platform beyond KYC.
• Design for high availability and operational integrity, ensuring critical identity flows remain resilient during modernization.
• Improve customer experience by reducing onboarding friction while maintaining strong compliance controls.
• Explore and prototype future directions like Agentic Onboarding (AI-driven) and On-Chain KYC.

Requirements

• 12+ years of backend engineering experience with technical leadership on mission-critical platforms.
• Strong system design and coding ability with proven experience operating high-availability, high-correctness services.
• Demonstrated success migrating legacy systems to modern architectures with minimal or zero downtime.
• Deep understanding of distributed systems, service boundaries, reliability, observability, and operational rigor.
• Strong written and verbal communication; able to drive alignment across senior stakeholders.
• Comfort leading large, ambiguous, cross-functional initiatives and owning outcomes end-to-end.

Nice to have

• Experience in Identity, Authentication/Authorization, Onboarding, KYC, Fraud/Risk, or Compliance platforms.
• Interest in how AI will change identity/onboarding workflows; experience integrating AI into product/platform systems.
• Background in fast-paced, high-growth internet/software environments.

Culture & Benefits

• Medical Plan, Dental and Vision Plan with generous employee contributions.
• Health Savings Account with company contributions and a 401(k) plan with company match.
• Wellness Stipend, Mobile/Internet Reimbursement, and Volunteer Time Off.
• Fertility Counseling and Benefits, Generous Time off/Leave Policy.
• Option of getting paid in digital currency.
• In-person participation required for team and company-wide offsites multiple times annually.
• Work culture described as "intense" and focused on building the future with high-caliber colleagues.

Hiring process

• hirify.global is piloting an AI tool for initial screening interviews for select roles.
• A human recruiter will review interview responses (voice recording and/or transcript).
• hirify.global is also piloting an AI interview intelligence platform to transcribe and summarize interview notes, but AI will not make employment decisions.