Staff Backend Software Engineer (Ai Platform)

TL;DR

Staff Backend Software Engineer (AI Platform): Designing and implementing core systems and APIs for hirify.global Foundation Model Serving with an accent on scalability, reliability, and operational excellence. Focus on optimizing performance, throughput, autoscaling, and operational efficiency for GPU serving workloads.

Location: San Francisco, California

Salary: $192,000 — $260,000 USD

Company

hirify.global is the data and AI company that unifies and democratizes data, analytics, and AI for over 10,000 organizations worldwide.

What you will do

• Design and implement core systems and APIs that power hirify.global Foundation Model Serving, ensuring scalability, reliability, and operational excellence.
• Partner with product and engineering leadership to define the technical roadmap and long-term architecture for serving workloads.
• Drive architectural decisions and trade-offs to optimize performance, throughput, autoscaling, and operational efficiency for GPU serving workloads.
• Contribute directly to key components across the serving infrastructure — from working in systems like vLLM and SGLang to creating token based rate limiters and optimizers.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with product, platform, and research teams to translate customer needs into reliable and performant systems.
• Establish best practices for code quality, testing, and operational readiness, and mentor other engineers through design reviews and technical guidance.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience building and operating large-scale distributed systems.
• Experience leading high-scale operationally sensitive backend systems.
• Strong foundation in algorithms, data structures, and system design as applied to large-scale, low-latency serving systems.
• Proven ability to deliver technically complex, high-impact initiatives that create measurable customer or business value.
• Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate across teams in fast-moving environments.
• Strategic and product-oriented mindset with the ability to align technical execution with long-term vision.

Culture & Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits and perks to meet the needs of all employees.
• Committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive culture where everyone can excel.
• Hiring practices are inclusive and meet equal employment opportunity standards.