Staff Software Engineer (Platform)

TL;DR

Staff Software Engineer (Platform): Building and scaling the core platform for the hirify.global 2 application with an accent on distributed architecture and reliable backend services. Focus on designing high-performance concurrent services, mentoring senior engineers, and driving the technical roadmap for growth.

Location: Hybrid in Soho, NYC or Remote (US)

Company

hirify.global is a product company developing the hirify.global 2 application at scale.

What you will do

• Own critical systems end-to-end, including design, implementation, and deployment.
• Architect and build scalable features across backend services and modern frontend frameworks.
• Drive the technical roadmap and establish engineering best practices within the Platform pod.
• Mentor and guide senior engineers to raise the bar for technical execution and system design.
• Improve observability, performance, and incident response across the platform.
• Collaborate with product, design, and data teams to deliver and grow features iteratively.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience building and operating production-grade systems with a strong backend focus.
• Deep expertise in building high-performance, concurrent services and scaling distributed systems.
• Strong understanding of API design, data modeling, and consistency tradeoffs.
• Experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP) and modern deployment patterns (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Proficiency in modern backend languages such as Go, Python, C#, or Java.
• Proven history of collaborating within engineering organizations of 20+ people.

Culture & Benefits

• High-performance environment emphasizing intellectual horsepower, execution velocity, and drive.
• Engineering culture that values simplicity, correctness, and pragmatism.
• Collaborative workspace with strong alignment between Engineering, Product, and Design.
• Equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion.