Staff Software Engineer

TL;DR

Staff Software Engineer: Setting the technical strategy for the Modeling Platform team, which owns and evolves a universal computation engine as a single unified service with an accent on scaling the established computation platform into a distributed architecture. Focus on horizontal scaling strategies, materialization approaches, and storage engine tradeoffs.

Location: Hybrid (in-office 3 days per week) in Austin, TX. Remote in Raleigh, NC, Nashville, TN, and Toronto, Canada.

Salary: $181,289 - $250,239 a year (North America); $181,289–$209,202 (Toronto, Canada)

Company

hirify.global is transforming the way companies plan, manage, and optimize sales performance by revolutionizing incentive compensation management and expanding their platform to solve broader sales planning challenges.

What you will do

• Set the multi-year technical strategy for the modeling platform, partnering with senior EPD leadership on long-term vision.
• Architect distributed computation systems that scale horizontally with predictable SLAs.
• Drive operational excellence for mission-critical financial workloads.
• Design platform APIs and SDKs consumed by multiple product teams.
• Elevate engineering capabilities across teams through design leadership, code review standards, and architectural mentorship.
• Invest in coaching engineers, helping them grow in scope and develop toward senior and staff-level impact.

Requirements

• 8+ years of professional software engineering experience with progression into staff-level technical leadership.
• Deep expertise in distributed systems and data-intensive architectures at scale.
• Track record of operational excellence for mission-critical production systems.
• Demonstrated force multiplier - elevates teams through mentorship, design leadership, and raising the technical bar.
• Ability to set technical strategy across teams and make high-stakes decisions under ambiguity.

Nice to have

• Experience with Go and/or Python for backend systems.
• Familiarity with columnar data formats (Apache Arrow, Parquet) and OLAP storage engines (ClickHouse, DuckDB, or similar).
• Experience evolving monolithic systems into distributed architectures.
• Background in computation engines, formula evaluation systems, spreadsheet engines, or financial modeling platforms.
• Experience partnering with senior leadership to align technical direction with business objectives.
• Experience at a B2B SaaS company during periods of significant growth or platform expansion.
• Familiarity with sales performance management, incentive compensation, or adjacent enterprise domains.

Culture & Benefits

• Comprehensive Healthcare: 100% coverage for medical, dental, and vision for all FTEs.
• Flexible Time Off: Flexible vacation days plus quarterly mental health days.
• Annual Stipends: Dedicated funds for your professional development and caretaking needs.
• Retirement Savings (US-Only): A 401(k) plan to help you invest in and secure your future.
• Premium Tools: The latest Apple hardware to empower you to do your best work.