Principal Software Architect (Python)

TL;DR

Principal Software Architect (Python): Owning the design and hands-on implementation of our Self-Service Cloud Portal and Cloud Console with an accent on architectural leadership and day-to-day coding. Focus on defining architectural roadmap, guiding the team in building scalable, maintainable services, and personally delivering high-quality Python code.

Location: Washington D.C, Sarasota, Miami, FL, Toronto, ON or must be based in the United States or Canada

Salary: $160,000 - $195,000 USD base + benefits + equity (If based in the United States)

Company

hirify.global is a high-growth video platform and cloud services provider that is creating an independent infrastructure.

What you will do

• Define, document, and communicate architectural patterns, standards, and best practices for backend services, microservice integration, and portal-wide interoperability.
• Contribute clean, efficient Python code for key backend components.
• Translate product-level requirements and customer needs into actionable roadmaps, epics, and tickets.
• Guide senior and mid-level engineers through design reviews, pair programming, and technical planning.
• Collaborate with platform and infrastructure teams to align service design with hirify.global Cloud OpenStack/Kubernetes-based runtime environment.

Requirements

• Expert-level Python development experience, including SQLAlchemy, Jinja2, and modern API frameworks.
• Strong experience designing and implementing RESTful APIs and resource servers.
• Experience designing and implementing authentication and authorization mechanisms such as OAuth2 and OpenID Connect.
• Strong understanding of relational databases, ORM patterns, and schema design.
• Demonstrated experience architecting distributed systems or service-oriented architectures at production scale.
• Excellent communication and mentoring skills, with a track record of guiding engineering teams toward delivery excellence.

Nice to have

• Strong Go (Golang) programming experience.
• Familiarity with OpenStack APIs, services, or the broader OpenStack ecosystem.
• Familiarity with Ceph or other distributed storage systems.

Culture & Benefits

• Making a significant financial impact for our video creator community.
• Enjoy challenging the status quo and going head-to-head against Big Tech.
• Aren’t afraid to try new things; act fast and want to win.
• Pay competitive salaries and provide great benefits.