Staff Engineer (Fintech)

TL;DR

Staff Engineer (Fintech): Building the Identity and Trust Platform to establish a single system of record for customers, users, and their identities with an accent on solving identity problems across all products and acquisitions. Focus on designing the scalable platform that will define the unified customer experience for all of hirify.global's current and future products.

Location: In-office collaboration for moments that matter is important to our culture, and managers and teams have the flexibility to decide which 10+ days a month they come in.

Salary: $208,000—$260,000 USD

Company

hirify.global is improving the global financial system through their crypto solutions for financial institutions, businesses, governments and developers.

What you will do

• Lead the design and development of distributed, cloud-native backend services that power the Identity and Trust Platform across hirify.global’s product suite.
• Define and implement the foundational data model and APIs that serve as the single system of record for customers, entities, and users.
• Drive the strategic migration of core identity and customer lifecycle logic out of legacy systems into resilient, observable, and Identity Platform-first services.
• Design and build the core platform capabilities, including the unified entitlements layer and shared compliance context, to ensure consistent and secure access across all products.
• Partner with Product, Compliance, and other engineering teams to define and champion standard integration patterns and contracts for the platform.
• Champion engineering excellence in architecture, code quality, testing, and operational practices.

Requirements

• 8+ years experience in Software Engineering, with a significant focus on backend systems.
• Deep, hands-on backend engineering experience building and operating modern, cloud-native, and highly-available distributed systems at scale.
• Proven track record designing and delivering foundational, large-scale systems in complex, regulated environments.
• Expert-level skills in API design and integration (e.g., REST and/or gRPC), with a focus on defining clear, reusable service contracts.
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS preferred) and container orchestration (Kubernetes, ECS).
• Ability to strategically navigate and reduce technical debt while driving significant business value and high-leverage migration efforts.

Nice to have

• Experience with our current stack: Java + Spring Boot. We encourage candidates from other robust backend stacks (Go, Kotlin, C#, Python, Rust, etc.) who can quickly learn JVM technologies.
• Experience with event-driven architecture (Kafka, SNS/SQS, etc.), crucial for building a decoupled and resilient platform.
• Domain knowledge in FinTech, RegTech, KYC/KYB, identity verification, or compliance-heavy systems.

Culture & Benefits

• The opportunity to build in a fast-paced start-up environment with experienced industry leaders
• Thrive in an environment where no matter what race, ethnicity, gender, origin, or culture they identify with, every employee is a respected, valued, and empowered part of the team.
• In-office collaboration for moments that matter is important to our culture, and we give managers and teams the flexibility to decide which 10+ days a month they come in.
• Competitive salary, bonuses, and equity
• Generous wellness reimbursement and weekly onsite & virtual programming
• Generous vacation policy - work with your manager to take time off when you need it