Staff Engineer (Platform Architecture)

TL;DR

Staff Engineer (Platform Architecture): Designing the core technical foundations of an AI-native software development platform with an accent on shared platform capabilities, infrastructure abstractions, and integration standards. Focus on ensuring scalability, reliability, and security while defining architectural principles for a cross-product ecosystem.

Location: Hybrid or Remote in Netherlands, Serbia, Germany, Cyprus, Spain, Czech Republic, Poland, or Armenia

Company

hirify.global is building an AI-native platform for software development that connects developer workflows, team collaboration, and organizational control into a single coherent system.

What you will do

• Design and evolve the architecture of a cross-product platform for AI-driven software development.
• Define architectural principles, standards, and guidelines for platform services and shared foundations.
• Design integration patterns and interfaces between platform services, developer tools, and external systems.
• Ensure architectural decisions support scalability, reliability, security, and observability from the start.
• Own and drive key platform-level decisions regarding service boundaries, data flows, identity, and tenancy.
• Review and validate architectural designs across teams to ensure consistency and sustainability.

Requirements

• Strong experience in software engineering and system design for complex, distributed systems.
• Proven experience defining or significantly shaping the architecture of new platforms or large-scale systems.
• Ability to facilitate and align architectural decisions across multiple teams.
• Comfort working in environments where processes and standards are still being established.
• Motivation by long-term strategic goals and building foundational systems.

Nice to have

• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes and cloud environments such as AWS.
• Experience with networking, compute, and storage infrastructure across application and infrastructure layers.
• Preference for collaborative convergence on solutions rather than enforcing single approaches.

Culture & Benefits

• Competitive base salary and flexible work location (home or office).
• Option to work remotely from abroad for up to 30 days per year.
• Additional time off and medical insurance allowance for you and your family.
• Learning and development opportunities, including conferences, courses, and language classes.
• Relocation support to assist with moving.
• Mental health support and sports benefits (on-site gym or club stipend).