Staff Software Engineer, Consumer (Fintech)

TL;DR

Staff Software Engineer (Fintech): Defining the architecture and roadmap for core cash capabilities within hirify.global's Consumer business, ensuring a robust, secure, and always-on cash foundation. Focus on tackling complex, high-impact distributed systems that require high reliability and performance in a trading and financial technology context.

Location: In-person participation is required throughout the year. Team and company-wide offsites are held multiple times annually.

Salary: Depending on your work location, the target annual salary for this position can range from $[Zone 3 Pay] to $[Zone 1 Pay] + target bonus + target equity + benefits (including medical, dental, vision and 401(k)).

Company

hirify.global's mission is to increase economic freedom in the world by building the emerging onchain platform and the future global financial system.

What you will do

• Serve as the technical leader and strategist for the Consumer Cash team, defining multi-quarter technical strategies.
• Architect, develop, and own distributed systems that power low-latency APIs and event‑driven pipelines.
• Provide technical structure and partner closely with management and stakeholders to translate business goals into a defined strategic roadmap.
• Design and implement foundational, high-performance infrastructure components, leveraging tools like Kafka and Clickhouse.
• Manage individual project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables with strong technical expertise.
• Mentor and coach other team members on advanced design techniques, coding standards, and best practices.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in software engineering, with significant experience architecting and developing solutions to ambiguous, high-impact problems.
• Demonstrated experience with low-latency, event-driven, or distributed systems.
• A strong signal if you have a background in building consumer facing trading products or any application that handles large amounts of streaming data.
• Passion for building an open financial system that brings the world together.
• Intellectual curiosity, openness, and a passion for building a culture of positive energy and blameless truth-seeking.

Nice to have

• Experience in payments, banking, wallets, or trading systems, especially transaction processing or ledgering.
• Familiarity with the tech stack, including Golang, Clickhouse, Kafka, Redis, MongoDB.
• Experience building financial, high reliability, or security systems.
• Background in Blockchains (such as Bitcoin, Ethereum) or crypto-forward experience.
• Experience with a company going through rapid growth.

Culture & Benefits

• Extended Health Care Benefit - (coordinates with Provincial Coverage)
• Dental Care
• Vision Care
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
• Wellness Stipend
• Learning and Development Allowance
• Generous Time off/Leave Policy