Senior Software Development Engineer, Loyalty - Backend

TL;DR

Senior Software Development Engineer, Loyalty - Backend: Designing, building, and evolving reliable, scalable backend services and APIs that power key Loyalty experiences across brands and platforms with an accent on performance, security, and maintainability. Focus on integrating and operating AI/ML‑enabled components in backend services, including evaluating model behavior and managing rollouts.

Location: Must be based in San Jose, CA

Salary: $199,000.00 to $278,500.00

Company

hirify.global brands power global travel for everyone, everywhere.

What you will do

• Design, build, and evolve reliable, scalable backend services and APIs that power key Loyalty experiences across brands and platforms.
• Lead end-to-end solution design, including low-level system design, API contracts, and data models.
• Own complex services through the full software development lifecycle.
• Collaborate with product, architecture, and cross-functional engineering teams to translate requirements into technical solutions.
• Safely integrate and operate AI/ML‑enabled solutions that improve outcomes within Loyalty systems.
• Apply backend engineering expertise across multiple domains within Loyalty, contributing to shared platforms, reusable components, and standardized engineering practices.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical field; or Equivalent related professional experience.
• 8+ years of relevant professional experience.
• Proven ownership of one or more backend services, including responsibility for design, implementation, quality, deployment, and operational health.
• Strong proficiency in backend programming, API design, data modeling, and working with relational or NoSQL databases in distributed systems.
• Familiarity with AI-driven systems, tools, or workflows and applying AI/ML concepts to real world products.

Nice to have

• Experience designing and evolving large‑scale, customer‑facing platforms using Java.
• Experience designing and evolving high-scale, low-latency backend systems for customer-facing products in a complex ecosystem such as Loyalty or transactional platforms.
• Track record of leading technical design for multi-service solutions, including integration patterns, data contracts, and performance optimization across systems.
• Hands‑on experience integrating and operating AI/ML‑enabled capabilities in production, including use of developer AI tools such as Claude, GitHub Copilot, and Cursor to improve productivity, code quality, personalization, and automation outcomes.
• Experience in ad-tech and user targeting is a plus.

Culture & Benefits

• Full benefits package, including travel perks, generous time-off, parental leave, a flexible work model, and career development resources.
• Employees have the potential to increase their pay up to $318,500.00 based on ongoing, demonstrated, and sustained performance in the role.
• Wellness & travel reimbursement, travel discounts, and an International Airlines Travel Agent ( IATAN ) membership.
• Committed to creating an inclusive work environment with a diverse workforce.