Senior Software Engineer (Backend, Core & Ecosystem)

TL;DR

Senior Software Engineer (Backend, Core & Ecosystem): Building and scaling the foundational systems that power the hirify.global member experience for sleep, strain, and recovery with an accent on infrastructure and shared services that enable data pipelines, algorithms, and scalability across the product. Focus on architecting and delivering reliable, high-impact backend systems that support member-facing features.

Location: Must be prepared to relocate if necessary to work out of the Boston, MA office.

Salary: $150,000 - $215,000

Company

hirify.global empowers members to perform at a higher level through a deeper understanding of their bodies and daily lives with wearable technology that monitors vital physiological metrics to offer personalized insights that enhance fitness, health, and recovery.

What you will do

• Lead the design and implementation of core backend capabilities.
• Drive technical planning for initiatives, including scoping and sequencing work, identifying dependencies and risks, and communicating tradeoffs and timelines to stakeholders.
• Deliver high-quality, member-facing features, collaborating with cross-functional partners to ensure requirements are met and outcomes are measurable.
• Maintain and improve system performance, scalability, and reliability across APIs and infrastructure using Java, Kafka, Postgres, and AWS technologies.
• Establish and evolve shared engineering standards through code reviews, documentation, and architectural discussions, influencing patterns used across backend development.
• Mentor and support other engineers through pairing, feedback, and knowledge sharing, helping grow individual capability and the overall health of the codebase.

Requirements

• Significant experience building and operating large-scale backend systems in a production environment.
• Deep expertise in API design and development, including RESTful services and relational databases such as Postgres.
• Experience working with event-driven or asynchronous systems such as Kafka or SQS.
• Proven ability to design systems for scalability, reliability, and performance.
• Experience writing well-tested, maintainable code with clear documentation.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills, with experience working cross-functionally.

Culture & Benefits

• Competitive base salaries, meaningful equity, and consistent pay practices that reflect our mission and core values.
• Equity serving as a key differentiator that aligns our employees with the long-term success of the company and allows every member of our corporate team to own part of hirify.global and share in the company’s long-term growth and success.