Senior Software Engineer, Backend

TL;DR

Senior Backend Engineer: Designing and building distributed systems in Go that help customers send timely, relevant messages at scale with an accent on reliability, performance, and scalability. Focus on architecture and schema design to testing, deployment, and monitoring.

Location: EMEA Remote

Salary: $150,000 - $200,000 USD

Company

hirify.global is a platform used by over 8,000 companies to send billions of emails, push notifications, in-app messages, and SMS every day, powering automated communication using real-time behavioral data.

What you will do

• Design and build distributed systems in Go that help customers send timely, relevant messages at scale
• Collaborate across teams to debug issues and deliver reliable solutions
• Own problems end to end - from architecture and schema design to testing, deployment, and monitoring
• Share knowledge and raise the bar through sharing your progress publicly with short videos, thoughtful writing, and mentorship
• Use AI agents to make multi-file changes by scoping the work, writing the prompt, and verifying the output

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience building scalable, distributed systems in Go (or similar statically typed languages)
• Comfort working in cloud-native environments (AWS, GCP)
• Familiarity with relational databases (we use MySQL) and an understanding of performance tradeoffs
• Experience with observability tooling and operating production systems
• A bias for action over perfection, and pride in owning technical decisions

Culture & Benefits

• Inclusive benefits package supports your well-being and growth, including 100% coverage of medical, dental, vision, mental health, and supplemental insurance premiums for you and your family.
• Offer 16 weeks paid parental leave and unlimited PTO.
• Stipends for remote work and wellness, a professional development budget, and more.

Hiring process

• Application review.
• Recruiter Call (30 mins).
• Behavioral Interview (60 mins).
• Technical Interview (60 mins).
• Take-Home Assignment.
• Assignment Review Call (60 mins).