Senior Backend Engineer

TL;DR

Senior Backend Engineer (Backend Development): Building and maintaining complex backend software projects including APIs and integrations with an accent on performance, scalability, and maintainability. Focus on designing APIs, leading major projects, mentoring engineers, and contributing to a global HR platform.

Location: Anywhere in the World, fully hirify.global

Company

hirify.global builds a best-in-class global HR platform enabling businesses to recruit, pay, and manage international teams compliantly and asynchronously.

What you will do

• Lead development of major team projects and participate in cross-team initiatives
• Provide technical feedback and suggest product improvements
• Maintain deep understanding of team domain from product and engineering perspectives
• Review code and contribute to shared codebase
• Debug and solve technical and business issues
• Mentor and guide other engineers
• Design and implement scalable, maintainable APIs

Requirements

• Must have significant experience as a Senior Backend Engineer
• Proficiency with Postgres or similar databases
• Experience with CI/CD tools such as GitLab, GitHub, or Jenkins
• Fluent English required (application and communication in English)
• Location: fully hirify.global, work from anywhere in the world

Nice to have

• Experience with functional programming languages (Elixir, Erlang, Scala, etc.)
• Kubernetes and Docker experience
• AWS cloud platform knowledge
• Frontend frameworks like React, Next.js, Vue, or Angular

Culture & Benefits

• Work from anywhere with flexible hours and asynchronous communication
• Competitive salary, stock options, unlimited paid time off
• 16 weeks paid parental leave and mental health support
• Learning budget and home office equipment budget
• Supportive, innovative, and diverse work environment

Hiring process

• Recruiter interview
• Engineering leader interview
• Asynchronous code exercise and review
• Engineering team interviews
• Bar Raiser interview
• Executive interview
• Offer and prior employment verification