Software Engineer 2 (Backend AI)

TL;DR

Software Engineer 2 (Backend AI): Building a real-time threat intelligence platform from the ground up with an accent on streaming critical security data to enterprise teams at scale. Focus on developing high-performance backend services, optimizing streaming architectures, and implementing scalable search and indexing layers.

Location: Candidates must be eligible to access controlled technology under U.S. export control laws

Company

hirify.global develops an AI-powered security platform designed to protect enterprises from sophisticated cyber threats.

What you will do

• Develop and maintain high-performance backend services using Python or Golang.
• Build and optimize streaming architectures to handle live threat intelligence with low latency.
• Implement and tune OpenSearch/Elasticsearch layers to ensure massive datasets are searchable.
• Translate high-level goals into detailed technical specifications and maintainable code.
• Manage deployments and infrastructure within AWS and EKS.
• Utilize AI tools to accelerate development cycles and automate routine backend tasks.

Requirements

• 3–5+ years of production experience in backend development and systems design.
• Hands-on experience with Kafka, Kinesis, or similar streaming platforms.
• Proven experience working with OpenSearch or Elasticsearch at scale.
• Mandatory production experience with EKS (Kubernetes) and deep familiarity with AWS.
• Proficiency in Python or Golang and solid experience with Postgres.
• Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Applied Sciences, or a related engineering field.

Nice to have

• Familiarity with React/TypeScript for building internal tools or data visualizations.
• Interest in cybersecurity or prior experience working with security data.
• Experience using modern AI productivity tools to increase engineering velocity.