Senior Backend Engineer, Platform

TL;DR

Senior Backend Engineer, Platform: Building and integrating customer feedback into API tooling and shared services with an accent on creating new architectural foundations and mission-critical distributed systems. Focus on API governance, integrations within the API Gateway layer, and supporting platform capabilities that power hirify.global’s AI initiatives.

Location: United States of America

Salary: $160K - $210K

Company

hirify.global is architecting the future of work by creating the first truly converged AI workspace, unifying tasks, docs, chat, calendar, and enterprise search.

What you will do

• Build upon and integrate customer feedback into API tooling and shared services.
• Create new architectural foundations and mission-critical distributed systems.
• Advocate for and maintain API governance across engineering through collaboration and automation.
• Own integrations within the API Gateway layer and service lifecycles from design to production.
• Identify improvements to the design and implementation of new and existing critical shared services.
• Support the platform capabilities that power hirify.global’s AI initiatives.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent work experience.
• Strong understanding of API standards, design approaches, and integration patterns.
• Strong understanding of CAP Theorem and distributed systems design patterns.
• Proficient with TypeScript and Golang.
• Excellent communication skills, strong sense of ownership, and accountability.
• Strong consideration for developer experience in everything you build.

Nice to have

• Pragmatic approach to software design, development, and delivery.
• Experience working with Kafka and related event-based patterns.
• Experience working with and designing Backend for Frontend (BFF) patterns.
• Experience supporting modern AI technologies, including MCP protocol and standards.
• Experience building shared services and platform capabilities that enable AI products and agent-based systems.

Culture & Benefits

• Opportunity to learn, use, and pioneer AI in ways that shape the product and the future of work.
• Be part of a bold, innovative team that’s redefining what’s possible.
• Assess every candidate based on the potential impact they can have.
• Support each person’s journey to build their boldest career.