Backend Engineer, Consumer Devices (AI)

TL;DR

Backend Engineer (AI): Designing and building high-performance, secure backend systems for consumer devices, with an accent on APIs, data models, and infrastructure that support evolving product needs. Focus on ensuring cohesive, end-to-end solutions, balancing development velocity with long-term maintainability and scalability.

Location: Must be based in San Francisco, CA. Hybrid work model: four days in the office per week.

Salary: $293,000 – $325,000 + Offers Equity

Company

hirify.global is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity.

What you will do

• Architect, build, and maintain high-performance, secure backend systems.
• Design APIs, data models, and infrastructure to support evolving product needs.
• Balance near-term development velocity with long-term maintainability and scalability.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure cohesive, end-to-end solutions.

Requirements

• 7+ years of professional software engineering experience, with a focus on backend systems.
• Proven track record of building and scaling systems from early stage to large scale.
• Proficient with Python and Go, and familiar with a range of server-side technologies.
• Strong grasp of system design, performance optimization, and security best practices.
• Can reason about full-stack tradeoffs from hardware through cloud infrastructure.

Nice to have

• Experience with distributed systems and cloud architectures.
• Background in instrumentation, analytics, and performance tuning.
• Familiar with hardware-cloud integrations or applied AI services.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid work model of four days in the office per week.
• Offers relocation assistance to new employees.
• Equal opportunity employer, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or other applicable legally protected characteristic.