Lead Backend Engineer

TL;DR

Lead Backend Engineer (Rust): Designing, building, and owning backend services for the Frisbee consumer application, orchestrating product behavior and user experience with an accent on pragmatic architectural decisions and API design for data-driven mobile clients. Focus on owning major initiatives from design through production, providing architectural guidance, and establishing engineering standards across the team.

Location: Hybrid schedule in the US: Redwood City, CA (Mondays in-office, plus 3 flexible days) or Chicago, IL / New York, NY (4 days in-office, 1 day remote).

Company

hirify.global is a platform empowering consumers to leverage their data for modern financial services, providing savings tools, earned wages, and rewards.

What you will do

• Design, build, and own Rust-based backend microservices that power the Frisbee consumer experience.
• Manage backend systems responsible for business logic, feature flags, and UX configuration that control mobile behavior and layout.
• Define and maintain clean, well-documented APIs and client-server contracts used by iOS and Android applications.
• Partner closely with mobile engineers to enable fast, predictable execution and unblock delivery.
• Act as technical owner for major initiatives from design through production.
• Provide architectural guidance and code review across backend and mobile codebases.

Requirements

• 6+ years of experience building and owning backend systems in production environments.
• Strong experience designing APIs, service boundaries, and data models.
• Experience evolving complex systems and working with microservice or service-oriented architectures.
• Experience operating systems in cloud environments (AWS, GCP, or Azure).
• Experience working closely with iOS and Android engineering teams.
• English: B2 required.

Nice to have

• Familiarity with backend- or configuration-driven client architectures.
• Experience with gRPC, protobuf, or GraphQL.
• Experience with relational databases.
• Exposure to React Native.

Culture & Benefits

• Work directly with hands-on leaders and mission-driven individuals.
• Opportunity to build a more equitable and efficient data sharing ecosystem.
• Focus on empowering consumers and businesses.
• Support for career growth into broader technical leadership.
• Emphasis on clear communication, strong engineering judgment, and constructive feedback.