Senior Software Engineer (Cloud Services)

TL;DR

Senior Software Engineer (Cloud Services): Creating and maintaining in-house service-oriented solutions for a globally distributed system handling over 15 million requests per second with an accent on automation and self-service infrastructure. Focus on transforming centralized SRE into a decentralized IaaS model, optimizing Kubernetes and Kafka clusters, and reducing operational toil.

Location: Must be based in Bellevue or San Francisco, USA

Salary: $124,900—$228,900 USD

Company

hirify.global is a global technology company and the world’s leading independent platform for digital advertising.

What you will do

• Build and maintain scalable service-oriented infrastructure for a system handling 15M+ requests per second.
• Develop automation tools and processes to enable product teams to ship more efficiently and safely.
• Innovate and implement self-service tooling to improve infrastructure supportability.
• Conduct root-cause analysis and postmortems to drive long-term operational health improvements.
• Analyze process gaps and implement solutions to eliminate manual toil.
• Participate in a 24/7 on-call rotation.

Requirements

• Proficiency in writing clean, maintainable code in TypeScript, Go, or C#.
• Experience designing, developing, and deploying service-oriented applications.
• Expertise in Kubernetes, Docker, ArgoCD, or Backstage.
• Strong knowledge of Kafka, Service Discovery (Consul), and cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or Alibaba Cloud).
• Deep understanding of Linux internals, networking stacks, and GitOps tools like Terraform, Ansible, or CloudFormation.
• Location: Must be based in Bellevue or San Francisco

Culture & Benefits

• Comprehensive healthcare (medical, dental, vision) with premiums fully paid for employees and dependents.
• Retirement benefits including a 401k plan with company match.
• Generous paid time off, including up to 160 hours of vacation and ~13 paid holidays per year.
• Equity opportunities through the Employee Stock Purchase Plan and stock-based compensation.
• Additional perks such as parental leave, sick time, and reimbursement for certain tuition expenses.