Software Engineer, Data Infrastructure (AI)

TL;DR

Software Engineer, Data Infrastructure (AI): Building and maintaining high-performance, petabyte-scale data layers for frontier AI training and evaluation workloads with an accent on storage infrastructure and networking performance. Focus on transforming unstructured data into performant datasets across S3, GCS, and POSIX backends and optimizing distributed data processing.

Location: Remote-flexible; offices available in New York, San Francisco, Toronto, Montreal, London, and Paris

Company

hirify.global is an AI company dedicated to scaling intelligence by training and deploying frontier models for developers and enterprises.

What you will do

• Build and maintain the high-performance data layer used by Modeling teams for training and evaluation.
• Develop and optimize petabyte-scale storage infrastructure.
• Address complex networking and performance challenges associated with large-scale AI workloads.
• Transform unstructured data into performant datasets across S3, GCS, and POSIX storage backends.
• Collaborate daily with world-class researchers and engineers on the Agentic Platform.

Requirements

• 4+ years of experience working on data storage infrastructure.
• Strong command of Python.
• Experience with Kubernetes, specifically regarding Persistent Volumes and CSI drivers.
• Proficiency with distributed data processing frameworks such as Apache Beam, Spark, or Flink.

Nice to have

• Familiarity with modern analytics tooling like BigQuery, Airflow, or dbt.
• Deep interest in AI research and staying updated with the latest developments in the field.

Culture & Benefits

• 6 weeks of vacation (30 working days).
• Full health and dental benefits, including a dedicated mental health budget.
• 100% Parental Leave top-up for up to 6 months.
• Weekly lunch stipend, in-office snacks, and a co-working stipend.
• Personal enrichment benefits for arts, culture, fitness, and workspace improvement.
• Open, inclusive culture working on the cutting edge of AI research.