Senior Software Engineer (AI)

TL;DR

Senior Software Engineer (AI): Building and scaling AI-powered spam and scam detection systems with an accent on high-performance data pipelines and distributed architecture. Focus on enabling data scientists to deploy complex models while ensuring privacy compliance and system resilience.

Location: Must be based in Budapest, Hungary. Hybrid model: Tuesdays and Thursdays are required in the office.

Company

hirify.global uses AI voice technology to protect over 550 million users and hundreds of businesses worldwide from spam and fraudulent calls.

What you will do

• Own the complete development lifecycle for spam and scam detection infrastructure, from research to production monitoring.
• Design and build frameworks that allow data scientists to develop and deploy complex scam detection models in a privacy-aware and compliant manner.
• Manage distributed systems in production and participate in on-call rotations to ensure system reliability.
• Collaborate with product managers and data scientists to align technical implementation with business impact and user needs.
• Evangelize engineering patterns and architectural decisions to improve overall execution speed across teams.

Requirements

• 4+ years of software engineering experience.
• Strong expertise in distributed systems, microservices, network architecture, and database systems.
• Proven experience operating distributed systems in production environments.
• Technical knowledge of TCP/IP and DNS resolution.
• Location: Based in Budapest, Hungary.

Nice to have

• 6+ years of software engineering experience.
• Experience building infrastructure for data science or machine learning workflows.
• Proficiency with data processing pipelines, specifically Kafka or similar technologies.
• Experience with functional programming.
• DevOps, monitoring, and observability experience.

Culture & Benefits

• Stock options and a professional development fund of $1,000 per year.
• Private health care and a private retirement/pension program.
• Flexible working model with a WFH equipment stipend ($500 in the first year).
• Gym membership and online English classes.
• Donation matching for chosen charities up to $500/year.