Staff Software Engineer (AI Platform)

TL;DR

Staff Software Engineer (AI Platform): Setting the technical strategy for the Agentic SDK team, an internal developer platform that enables product teams across the company to build AI-powered features with an accent on defining the architecture and technical direction for AI at hirify.global. Focus on making technical decisions that affect the entire organization, from platform design to engineering-wide quality standards.

Location: Hybrid (in-office 3 days per week) in Austin, TX or Remote in Raleigh, NC or Nashville, TN or Toronto, Canada

Salary: $181,289 - $285,272 a year (North America), $181,289–$242,106 (Toronto, Canada)

Company

hirify.global is transforming the way companies plan, manage, and optimize sales performance by revolutionizing incentive compensation management and expanding its platform to solve broader sales planning challenges.

What you will do

• Set the multi-year technical strategy for AI platform development, partnering with senior EPD leadership on long-term vision.
• Architect foundational AI systems that serve multiple product teams, including LLM orchestration frameworks, MCP infrastructure, and agent patterns.
• Own technical decisions with organization-wide impact where the right answer is ambiguous or contested.
• Define engineering-wide quality standards and best practices for AI development, establishing patterns that scale across teams.
• Drive technical alignment across the Agentic SDK team and product teams consuming AI capabilities.
• Invest deeply in coaching P4 engineers, helping them develop toward staff-level scope and strategic thinking.

Requirements

• 8+ years of professional software engineering experience with demonstrated progression into staff-level technical leadership.
• Deep expertise in LLM orchestration: production experience building agent frameworks, including agent design patterns, tool integration, and workflow optimization.
• Significant experience designing MCP integrations and knowledge systems at scale, including tool server architecture, embedding pipelines, and context optimization.
• Track record of setting technical strategy that spans multiple teams and multi-year time horizons.
• Experience partnering with senior leadership (Directors, VPs) to align technical direction with business objectives.
• Demonstrated ability to make high-stakes technical decisions under extreme ambiguity.

Nice to have

• Strong proficiency in Python and experience with Django or similar backend frameworks.
• Full-stack capabilities with React and TypeScript.
• Experience building and scaling internal AI/ML platforms or developer experience infrastructure.
• Familiarity with LLM orchestration frameworks (LangChain, LangGraph, or equivalent).
• Deep expertise in advanced agent architectures: multi-agent coordination, autonomous planning, or complex tool ecosystems.

Culture & Benefits

• Comprehensive Healthcare: 100% coverage for medical, dental, and vision for all FTEs, with roughly 75% coverage for dependents.
• Flexible Time Off: Flexible vacation days plus quarterly mental health days to ensure you have the space to recharge.
• Annual Stipends: Dedicated funds for your professional development and caretaking needs.
• Work Anniversary Bonuses: Annual bonuses to celebrate your milestones and contributions to the hirify.global team that grow as your tenure does.
• Retirement Savings (US-Only): A 401(k) plan to help you invest in and secure your future.
• Premium Tools: The latest Apple hardware to empower you to do your best work.