Staff Software Engineer (Backend)

TL;DR

Staff Software Engineer (Backend): Leading the technical strategy and driving innovative initiatives for hirify.global’s international guest experiences with an accent on high availability, security, and scalability across many markets. Focus on architecture, prototyping, building, and launching solutions for international markets initiatives.

Location: Offices in China

Company

hirify.global was born in 2007 when two hosts welcomed three guests to their San Francisco home, and has since grown to over 5 million hosts who have welcomed over 2 billion guest arrivals in almost every country across the globe.

What you will do

• Own technical vision and lead effort to architecture, prototype, build and launch solutions for international markets initiatives.
• Lead complex, cross-team execution from design through launch, including team roadmap, technical direction, migration plans, rollout strategy, and long-term operability.
• Drive engineering excellence through reliability, performance, security, and cost efficiency.
• Influence roadmaps and collaborate with stakeholders across regions, such as drives alignment, resolves tradeoffs, leads through ambiguity.
• Mentor engineers both within and outside of the team.

Requirements

• Fluency in English is required. Japanese or Korean working proficiency is a plus.
• 9+ years of professional software engineering experience, including Tech Lead responsibilities.
• Proven track record leading end-to-end delivery of high-impact, user-facing products.
• Demonstrated ability to set technical direction for a team or multi-team area.
• Expertise designing and operating systems that are highly available, scalable, secure, and cost-efficient.
• Strong experience working in cross-functional, global environments, driving alignment and results through influence across teams and time zones.

Culture & Benefits

• Drive the evolution of guest and host experience across international markets through product innovation.
• Translate local market needs into durable, scalable technology.