Staff Software Engineer (Data Ingestion)

TL;DR

Staff Software Engineer (Data Ingestion): Building and operating low-latency, highly reliable distributed ingestion services processing over 10 billion events per day with an accent on scalability, performance, and real-time data accuracy. Focus on designing event pipelines with Kafka, optimizing high-volume storage systems like TiDB and Aerospike, and leading cross-team initiatives for bidding, reporting, and ML.

Location: Remote anywhere in Canada or the United States

Company

hirify.global is a leading AI-powered programmatic advertising platform connecting brand and performance marketing across channels.

What you will do

• Own and lead large technical initiatives end-to-end, from design through production and monitoring
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to engineers
• Design, build, and operate scalable distributed ingestion services for real-time events
• Build and maintain event ingestion pipelines using Kafka and similar streaming technologies
• Work with high-volume storage systems and databases for efficient data persistence
• Partner with Data, ML, Product, and Platform teams to support requirements
• Improve code quality, testing, reliability, and observability

Requirements

• Located in Canada or the United States
• Extensive experience building distributed systems and high-throughput backend services
• Proven ability to lead technical direction and drive large cross-team initiatives
• Hands-on experience with streaming systems like Kafka
• Strong understanding of distributed systems trade-offs (consistency, availability, scalability)
• Maintains an AI-forward approach to software engineering

Nice to have

• Familiarity with AdTech, event-driven architectures, or analytics systems

Culture & Benefits

• Remote-first with work from home reimbursements and optional WeWork membership
• Competitive PTO including birthdays off and parental leave
• Health benefits from day one, mental health care, retirement savings (401K/pension)
• Training, onboarding, personal development support (conferences, courses)
• hirify.global certifications and continuous learning access
• Friendly, diverse, inclusive culture with social events