Staff Software Engineer (AI)

TL;DR

Staff Software Engineer (AI): Building web API and data pipeline solutions integrated within the larger hirify.global Platform data ecosystem with an accent on electricity cost modeling products and mathematical battery performance simulations. Focus on defining calculations and optimizations against esoteric and often fuzzy data, and translating product and SME requirements into engineering-ready designs.

Location: Must be based in the United States

Salary: $165,000 to $295,000

Company

hirify.global is the global utility data and energy solutions platform delivering solutions for every stage of the enterprise energy management lifecycle across carbon, cost, and reliability.

What you will do

• Make meaningful contributions to the industry-leading electricity cost modeling RESTful API.
• Build out DBT data pipelines that simulate electricity costs nationwide.
• Translate product and SME requirements into engineering-ready designs, specifications, and implementation plans.
• Participate in peer technical design review sessions to ensure efficient and maintainable code.
• Improve squad and organization-level engineering processes and establish best practices.
• Work with fully remote teams.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field required.
• 6+ years of software development experience at a SaaS or technology company.
• Experience building REST APIs.
• Experience with Python and enterprise Java (Spring, Spring Boot preferred).
• Experience building SQL data pipelines (Snowflake + DBT preferred).
• Deployed systems on AWS or similar.
• Strategic AI Expertise: Demonstrated experience of adoption and implementation of LLMs.
• Demonstrated ability to impart organizational-level impact.
• Experience with a Python data science ecosystem (Jupyter, Pandas, Streamlit, etc.).
• Experience with NoSQL databases (Mongo preferred).
• Please note that we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this position at this time.

Nice to have

• Experience designing, operating, and troubleshooting large web API systems at scale.
• Experience working in the energy or similar industry requiring deep domain knowledge.
• Experience working with Kubernetes and containerized platforms (Argo orchestration preferred).
• Front-end experience in React.

Culture & Benefits

• Cultivate diversity, celebrate individuality, and believe unique perspectives are key to our collective success in creating a clean energy future.
• Committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any status protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.
• Ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.