Lead Software Engineer

TL;DR

Lead Software Engineer: Architecting modern, scalable software across AWS & Azure infrastructure, backend, web frontend, and mobile with an accent on aligning technical strategy with business goals and ensuring scalability, maintainability, and performance. Focus on contributing directly to implementation by writing production-grade code and establishing standards for coding, CI/CD, testing, and deployment.

Location: Remote (North America). Must reside in the US and be a US Citizen.

Salary: USD $175,000–$185,000 per year, commensurate with experience.

Company

hirify.global is a fully distributed technology firm led by expert problem-solvers who create efficient, scalable solutions that move commercial, industrial, and consumer products from pilot to production in record time.

What you will do

• Serve as the key technical architect across multiple client engagements, ensuring technical strategy aligns with business goals and measurable outcomes.
• Lead architecture design across frontend, backend, and cloud layers, ensuring scalability, maintainability, and performance.
• Contribute directly to implementation — writing production-grade code that demonstrates the standard of craftsmanship expected at hirify.global.
• Collaborate across disciplines (Hardware, Data Science, and Design) to deliver end-to-end connected and intelligent product ecosystems.
• Partner with the commercial team as a solutions engineer, supporting pre-sales efforts, technical scoping, and estimation for Statements of Work.
• Establish standards for coding, CI/CD, testing, and deployment that enable predictable, high-quality delihirify.global.

Requirements

• 10+ years of professional software development experience.
• 3+ years in a technical leadership role overseeing cross-functional engineering teams.
• Proven success delivering full-stack systems from concept to production.
• Demonstrated ability to maintain public-facing production systems at scale.
• Strong client-facing communication and executive presentation skills.
• Primary residence in the continental US.

Nice to have

• AWS experience in Lambda, ECS, Fargate, RDS, CloudFront, CloudWatch, SNS, and SQS.
• Backend knowledge of Java, Dropwizard, Node.js, Python, FastAPI, and Django.
• Skilled in relational and non-relational data modeling.

Culture & Benefits

• We collaborate closely, move fast, and stay grounded in results.
• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance.
• $200/mo cell/internet stipend.
• $600/yr home office equipment stipend.
• Paid parental leave (95th percentile in the U.S.).
• Continuing education stipend ($2,500/yr after one year).