Software Engineer (AI)

Location: Palo Alto, CA; hybrid schedule with 4 days in office and 3 remote flex days per quarter after the first 3 months.

Salary: $200K–$300K, plus equity and bonus.

Company

hirify.global is building an AI-native social operating system for social commerce, helping brands develop relationships with communities through social interactions, recommendations, and personalized experiences.

What you will do

• Architect and scale core systems that ingest and process large volumes of social data from Instagram, TikTok, X, Reddit, LinkedIn, and other platforms.
• Design data pipelines that power AI agents and real-time analytics for customers.
• Lead major technical decisions, write design documentation, and establish scalable architecture patterns.
• Improve reliability, performance, and cost efficiency across data and AI infrastructure.
• Mentor engineers and review system designs and code.
• Partner with product and engineering leadership to solve complex technical problems and deliver impactful systems.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience building and operating production software systems.
• Strong experience designing and scaling distributed systems, data infrastructure, or complex production platforms.
• Proven ability to architect systems and drive major technical decisions.
• Experience mentoring engineers and influencing engineering direction.
• Comfort working in fast-moving startup environments with high ownership and autonomy.
• Strong product intuition and ability to collaborate closely with product and design teams.
• Interest in AI-native engineering workflows and how AI is transforming software development.

Nice to have

• Startup experience building early-stage or rapidly scaling products.
• Experience with large-scale data pipelines or real-time analytics systems.
• Familiarity with modern infrastructure and developer tooling such as AWS, Pulumi, Postgres, ClickHouse, or similar technologies.
• Experience integrating AI or machine learning systems into production platforms.

Culture & Benefits

• Competitive compensation, early equity, and bonus opportunities.
• Health, vision, and dental benefits with a 401(k) match.
• Hybrid work schedule with office attendance in Palo Alto.
• $1,000 monthly housing stipend for living near the office, $50 monthly mobile stipend, and commuter benefits.
• Free lunch in Palo Alto and ClassPass membership for fitness and wellness classes.
• Clear career growth opportunities as the company scales.