Software Engineer, Platform & Infrastructure (AI)

TL;DR

Software Engineer, Platform & Infrastructure (AI): Building and optimizing foundational platform systems and infrastructure for an AI copilot for lawyers with an accent on system reliability, developer velocity, and scalable architecture. Focus on improving CI/CD pipelines, enhancing monitoring and observability, and implementing core platform capabilities like identity and AI inference.

Location: Remote - Canada

Salary: CA$130K – CA$180K

Company

hirify.global is building the most comprehensive AI copilot for transactional lawyers, backed by leading investors.

What you will do

• Own and evolve foundational platform systems (identity, core data models, internal capabilities).
• Drive service levels toward 99.5% through improved monitoring, observability, and reliability practices.
• Reduce friction in the dev environment and CI/CD pipeline, and introduce productivity tooling.
• Manage and optimize infrastructure, including AWS, MongoDB, and infrastructure as code.
• Develop platform capabilities such as authentication, authorization, entitlement, and AI inference.
• Improve developer experience and tooling.

Requirements

• Exceptional communication skills to advocate ideas to diverse audiences.
• Self-starter and problem-solver, motivated by curiosity and continuous improvement.
• Team player motivated to help hirify.global succeed and eager to fix issues.
• Firm grasp of software development, computer engineering, and distributed systems fundamentals.
• Comfortable with ambiguity and generalism, working across the entire technical stack.
• Strong experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS preferred).
• Experience with infrastructure as code and CI/CD systems.
• Proficiency with databases, particularly MongoDB or similar NoSQL databases.
• Experience with monitoring and observability tools.
• Strong understanding of authentication, authorization, and security best practices.
• Experience with Node.js/TypeScript backend systems.

Nice to have

• Experience with TypeScript and modern JavaScript build tooling (Vite, esbuild, swc).
• Experience with BullMQ or similar job queue systems.
• Experience with tRPC or similar type-safe API frameworks.
• Experience working in fast-growing startups or scale-ups.

Culture & Benefits

• Embrace autonomy and accountability in a flexible work environment focused on outcomes.
• Access company-paid group benefits for you and your family, with mental health support.
• Disconnect during holiday closure and take advantage of generous time off policies.
• Enjoy monthly paid meals, an annual wellness allowance, and parental leave top-ups.
• Receive competitive stock option grants as a pivotal early employee.