Backend Software Engineer

TL;DR

Backend Software Engineer: Leading design, implementation, and scaling of backend systems that power web, mobile, and browser products with an accent on API design, database performance, and scalability. Focus on managing complex orchestration systems, optimizing services for rapidly changing needs, and collaborating with AI, Search, and Data Science teams on non-deterministic systems.

Location: Hybrid (San Francisco, New York City). Must be based in the U.S.

Salary: $220,000–$405,000 USD

Company

hirify.global is revolutionizing how people search and interact with the internet through AI-powered exploration and browsing.

What you will do

• Design, implement, and scale backend systems for web, mobile, and browser products.
• Build scalable systems for data ingestion and processing from various sources.
• Optimize interfaces interacting with databases and caching systems.
• Manage complex orchestration systems with many moving parts and interfaces.
• Scale, optimize, and load balance multiple services for rapidly changing needs.
• Collaborate with PMs, frontend engineers, AI, Search, and Data Science teams.

Requirements

• Strong experience with Python.
• Strong experience with databases and caching.
• Experience with AWS cloud infrastructure at scale.
• Experience working with high-scale data and non-deterministic systems like LLMs.
• 4+ years of engineering experience.

Culture & Benefits

• Comprehensive U.S. benefits program including equity, health, dental, vision, retirement, fitness, commuter, and dependent care accounts.
• International employees receive a comprehensive benefits program tailored to their region.
• Work in a small, high-impact team at the core of AI innovation.
• Focus on uncompromising standards for design, architecture, and craft.