Senior Software Engineer

TL;DR

Senior Software Engineer: Contributing to cloud-native development, operational excellence, and cross-team engineering initiatives with an accent on designing, building, observing, and optimizing services that support hirify.global’s platform at scale. Focus on architecting performant, scalable, and secure applications, decomposing complex problems, and improving on-call procedures for production issues.

Location: Hybrid (Illinois, US)

Salary: $126,000–$190,000

Company

hirify.global is a company building innovative, scalable software solutions.

What you will do

• Guide and coach teammates, deliver high-quality project outcomes, and proactively communicate project status.
• Architect, design, and implement performant, scalable, and secure cloud-native applications.
• Decompose complex business and technical problems into manageable solutions.
• Lead and contribute to technical design, promote strong engineering fundamentals, and identify areas for product simplification.
• Use observability insights to prioritize enhancements and participate in improving on-call procedures.
• Ensure code quality, performance, and observability through reviews, guidance, and mentorship, and maintain CI/CD automation.

Requirements

• 5+ years of professional experience in software development.
• Strong computer science fundamentals in algorithms, data structures, and system design.
• Demonstrated experience building and supporting cloud-native or distributed SaaS applications.
• Proficiency in at least one modern programming language (e.g., C#, Java, Python).
• Experience participating in or leading on-call rotations and resolving production issues.
• Strong communication skills and ability to mentor or influence team members.

Nice to have

• Experience simplifying or modernizing large-scale distributed systems.
• Familiarity with observability platforms, CI/CD tooling, or cloud architecture patterns.
• Experience collaborating across teams to align architecture, standards, or shared services.

Culture & Benefits

• Commitment to competitive, fair, and equitable compensation practices.
• Total compensation includes a competitive base salary, annual performance bonus, and long-term incentives.
• Opportunity for future meaningful salary growth.