Senior Software Engineer

TL;DR

Senior Software Engineer: Taking responsibility for the entire lifecycle of a feature, from understanding customer pains with the product team to coding, deployment, and measuring impact with an accent on autonomy and pragmatism. Focus on building reliable and simple systems to power a global platform.

Location: Must be based within commuting distance of Birmingham, UK.

Company

hirify.global (formerly Travelhirify.global) is the intelligent platform for travel and spend management, automating everything from travel bookings to expenses and invoice processing.

What you will do

• Shape the bigger picture by refining what to build and why, contributing to squad goals and long-term vision.
• Architect scalable and evolvable systems and data models, accounting for performance and long-term maintenance.
• Lead across boundaries by communicating complex ideas across multiple teams and driving alignment across the organization.
• Raise the bar for everyone around you by mentoring less experienced colleagues and modeling great engineering practices.
• Define and uphold engineering excellence, including CI/CD optimizations, testing strategies, and coding standards.

Requirements

• Translates complex business goals into technical roadmaps and de-risks ambiguous projects through spikes and prototyping.
• Engineers sophisticated backend solutions involving API versioning, caching strategies, and complex data migration plans.
• Oversees operational security, including secrets hygiene and dependency risk management, to ensure a hardened production environment.
• Coordinates multi-team deliverables and aligns stakeholders to resolve technical blockers across the organization.

Culture & Benefits

• IRL-first approach to work, with the team working together in-person 3 days a week.
• English is the official language at the office.
• hirify.global is a global company with a diverse customer base, and we want to make sure the people behind our product reflect that.
• We’re an equal opportunity employer, which means you’re welcome at hirify.global regardless of how you look, where you’re from, or anything else that makes you, well, you.