Senior Software Engineer, Core Experiences

TL;DR

Senior Software Engineer, Core Experiences (Kotlin Multiplatform): Building and maintaining foundational services and SDKs powering hirify.global’s product experience across platforms with an accent on clear API design, efficient abstractions, and algorithm improvements. Focus on collaborating with product teams on scoping and integrations, optimizing loading and parsing performance, and shipping cloud functions and lightweight backend services.

Location: Alexandria, VA, USA

Salary: 140,000-200,000 USD/Year + Bonus + Stock

Company

#1 audio information platform turning articles, documents, and books into listenable content using AI, supporting users with learning differences like dyslexia and ADD.

What you will do

• Collaborate with product teams to scope projects, reduce scope for faster customer feedback, and navigate integration/UX tradeoffs via cross-platform SDK.
• Optimize functionality for faster loading and intelligent parsing through efficient abstractions and algorithm improvements.
• Ship cloud functions, lightweight backend services, and jobs using Kotlin.

Requirements

• Systems thinking with end-to-end design and value on simplicity.
• Ability to work quickly, generate ideas, and prioritize shipping.
• Focus and collaboration skills in a high-growth remote startup environment.
• Must be based in the United States (Alexandria, VA preferred).
• Kotlin Multiplatform experience (Java OK as base).

Nice to have

• Prior GCP experience.

Culture & Benefits

• Fast-growing startup with entrepreneurial team supporting risk and hustle.
• Hands-off management for focused work.
• Laid-back asynchronous culture.
• Competitive compensation including bonus and stock.
• Impact on transformative AI-audio industry.