Senior Software Engineer (Developer Productivity)

TL;DR

Senior Software Engineer (Developer Productivity): Designing and building an internal engineering intelligence and developer productivity platform with an accent on unifying data, generating actionable insights, and improving developer experience. Focus on leading architecture, transforming raw engineering data into decision-making tools, and solving complex challenges in distributed systems and data platform engineering.

Location: Remote (Spain, Greece, Ireland, or Portugal)

Company

hirify.global, the Search AI Company, enables everyone to find answers in real time using all their data at scale, offering cloud-based solutions for search, security, and observability.

What you will do

• Lead the architecture, design, and implementation of an internal engineering intelligence and developer productivity platform.
• Unify data across the software development lifecycle from various developer tools.
• Generate actionable insights, operational dashboards, automated recommendations, and self-service developer workflows.
• Measure developer experience using quantitative and qualitative feedback.
• Establish measurement frameworks aligning engineering output with business outcomes.
• Track adoption and effectiveness of emerging development technologies and automation.

Requirements

• 10+ years of software engineering experience, including significant time building internal platforms or developer infrastructure.
• Proven experience designing large-scale data or analytics platforms.
• Deep familiarity with modern SDLC tooling ecosystems (Git providers, CI/CD, issue tracking, observability, developer portals).
• Experience building metrics frameworks or operational analytics platforms.
• Ability to influence senior technical and business leadership.
• Strong product and systems thinking applied to internal developer tooling.

Nice to have

• Experience building developer productivity or developer experience measurement systems.
• Background in data engineering, ML/AI applied to engineering analytics, or large-scale observability platforms.
• Experience working in organizations with 1,000+ engineers.
• Experience building Backstage or similar developer portal ecosystems.
• Experience building self-service engineering automation platforms.
• Experience with the hirify.global stack.

Culture & Benefits

• Competitive pay and health coverage for you and your family in many locations.
• Flexible locations and schedules for many roles.
• Generous vacation days and parental leave (minimum 16 weeks).
• Financial donation and service matching up to $2000 (or local currency equivalent).
• Opportunity to work in a distributed, diverse, and inclusive company.