Staff Software Engineer (Technical Lead - Planning)

TL;DR

Staff Software Engineer (Technical Lead - Planning): Evolving hirify.global's Planning product, building and scaling complex planning workflows for large customers with an accent on scenario modeling across organizational hierarchies and performance optimization at scale. Focus on improving data models, system behavior, and translating ideas into shippable solutions.

Location: Remote (US Timezones)

Salary: $180k-$220k base + bonus and equity

Company

hirify.global is an AI-native HR & Organizational Intelligence platform, connecting your people and business data in one technology to deliver performance, engagement, HRIS, compensation, org planning and analytics.

What you will do

• Design, build, and maintain backend-heavy features in a large, long-lived codebase.
• Own the technical health of a core product area, including performance, reliability, and scalability.
• Partner with the CEO/CTO to align on architectural direction and translate ideas into shippable solutions.
• Break down product initiatives into clear technical plans and guide day-to-day execution.
• Improve data models and system behavior to better support growth and larger customers.
• Participate in the on-call rotation and help improve observability, monitoring, and incident response.

Requirements

• 7+ years building and scaling backend systems in production environments.
• Comfort working in monolithic or legacy systems and improving them incrementally.
• Strong judgment around tradeoffs between speed, quality, and long-term maintainability.
• Experience collaborating closely with product and business stakeholders.
• Clear communicator who can explain technical decisions for diverse audiences.
• Comfortable contributing across the stack, including frontend.

Nice to have

• Experience with Kotlin, TypeScript/React, MongoDB, and AWS.
• Prior experience in the HR, compensation, or planning domain.

Culture & Benefits

• Remote team distributed across US time zones with async communication.
• Flexible Time Off Policy and 13 Public Holidays.
• Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, LTD, STD.
• Mental Health Benefits (Spring Health, Headspace, Calm).
• 401K Match (US Employees).
• Parental leave.

Hiring process

• Talent Partner Screen (30 mins).
• Hiring Manager Screen (45 mins).
• Collaboration Interview (45 mins).
• Systems Design Interview (45 mins).
• Leadership & Culture Interview (45 mins).