Senior or Staff Software Engineer (Cloud Communications)

TL;DR

Senior or Staff Software Engineer (Cloud Communications): Building and hardening the platform that connects autonomous vehicles and ground infrastructure to the cloud with an accent on reliable data ingestion and distributed observability. Focus on designing asset-to-cloud APIs, building high-volume telemetry pipelines, and ensuring secure hardware provisioning.

Location: South San Francisco, California, USA

Salary: $180,000 - $250,000

Company

hirify.global is the world's largest autonomous drone delivery service, specializing in the rapid delivery of medical supplies and essential goods globally.

What you will do

• Evolve services connecting vehicles, charging stations, and fulfillment hardware to the cloud.
• Design asset-to-cloud APIs and message schemas in collaboration with embedded teams.
• Build and operate high-volume ingestion pipelines for perception and telemetry data.
• Implement systems for deduplication, validation, and scalable storage of event data.
• Manage secure hardware provisioning and certificate management.
• Develop cross-stack telemetry and correlation systems to monitor device-to-cloud reliability.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience building and operating reliable distributed systems.
• Proficiency in designing APIs and data models for real-time or high-volume systems.
• Experience with AWS and container orchestration via Kubernetes.
• Experience building or operating streaming and messaging systems.
• Strong fundamentals in networking, security, and systems design.
• Proven track record of end-to-end ownership from design to production.

Nice to have

• Experience interfacing with hardware or embedded devices.
• Background in building observability platforms or telemetry pipelines.
• Experience with certificate-based authentication and secure provisioning.
• Expertise in debugging complex failures across client, network, and server layers.
• Experience in safety-critical or high-reliability domains.

Culture & Benefits

• Opportunity to work on a global-scale autonomous logistics system with direct real-world impact.
• Comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Equity compensation and discretionary bonuses.
• Paid time off.
• Inclusive culture that values diversity and underrepresented groups in tech.