Scale Engineer

TL;DR

Scale Engineer (PostgreSQL): Scaling and optimizing the core platform at very large data volumes, ensuring queries, indexes, caching layers, and global infrastructure stay fast and efficient under load. Focus on query optimization, database architecture, observability, and global performance.

Location: Remote (any location)

Salary: $132k - $132k / year

Company

hirify.global is building a platform as a place to do great work and live a good life.

What you will do

• Audit and optimize Prisma queries across the codebase.
• Design and implement PostgreSQL indexing strategies for very large tables.
• Build query performance monitoring and alerting using Grafana, Axiom, and Sentry.
• Implement and manage read replicas across multiple regions to reduce global latency.
• Design multi-layer caching strategies using CDN caching, application caching, and query caching with Cloudflare and in-memory systems.
• Partner with SRE to define and maintain SLOs and SLIs for database and API performance.

Requirements

• Deep expertise in PostgreSQL performance tuning, indexing, and query optimization at scale.
• Extensive experience with Prisma ORM and its query generation behavior.
• Strong experience running production systems on Vercel serverless infrastructure.
• Strong knowledge of CDN and edge caching configuration with Cloudflare.
• Hands on experience with observability tooling including Grafana, Axiom, Sentry, and synthetic monitoring.
• Ability to work in the Americas timezones

Nice to have

• Experience with zero downtime database migration strategies.
• Knowledge of edge computing and Vercel Edge Functions.
• Experience with distributed caching systems such as Redis or Memcached.

Culture & Benefits

• Work from anywhere, anytime, fully remote & async.
• Earn the same salary no matter where you live.
• 30 paid OOO days per year (wherever you are in the world).
• Yearly team retreats in beautiful locations.
• People-first culture, stable, family-friendly, kind.

Hiring process

• Begin with a 30-day contract-to-hire trial (Lean Hire).
• Mutual exploration to ensure alignment.