Backend Engineer (Node.js)

TL;DR

Backend Engineer (Node.js): Contribute to designing, developing, and delivering features for next-generation security systems with an accent on cryptography, automation, and AI-powered analysis. Focus on building clean, maintainable backend services in AWS/GCP, API design, data modeling, and ensuring high availability under load.

Remote Poland

Company

hirify.global helps customers monitor, manage, and protect against risks to their identities and personal information in the digital world. Backed by WndrCo, Warburg Pincus, and General Catalyst, building comprehensive cybersecurity solutions.

What you will do

• Design, develop, and deliver product features across the backend stack
• Write clean, maintainable code for systems deployed in AWS or GCP
• Collaborate with AI and cryptography specialists on architecture and data flows
• Work with product manager to define API specs, testing strategies, and requirements
• Follow engineering practices, participate in discussions on process and quality
• Participate in customer-driven development and iterate based on feedback
• Write automated tests for load, performance, and error handling

Requirements

• 3+ years of hands-on software engineering experience in backend development
• Excellent TypeScript and Node.js coding experience
• AWS experience with containers (EKS, ECS) and serverless systems
• Experience with relational, key/value, and graph datastores including schema management
• Skills in API design, data modeling, secure service development, and database systems
• Focus on quality code, error handling, high availability
• Thoughtful, pragmatic problem-solving in fast-paced environment
• At least upper-intermediate level of spoken and written English

Nice to have

• Versed in Python coding and environments
• Experience with Bun and Express
• GitHub Actions and IaC
• Experience with GCP systems
• Applied cryptography experience, especially key management, TLS, or post-quantum algorithms
• Familiarity with agent-based architectures or distributed scanning systems
• Knowledge of AI/ML systems, particularly LLM integration or agent-style reasoning
• Experience managing LLM agents for code generation and tests
• Exposure to security tools, vulnerability detection, or compliance automation
• Prior work on developer-facing or infrastructure-heavy products

Culture & Benefits

• Solve real customer problems with point solutions for immediate cyber protection needs
• See direct impact in a scrappy, nimble organization where contributions are valued
• Accelerate career through learning new technologies, products, and markets
• Work with talented people in an inclusive environment that prioritizes growth