Staff Software Engineer (GRC)

TL;DR

Staff Software Engineer (PHP/Angular): Building and scaling critical GRC infrastructure systems with an accent on architectural direction and technical excellence. Focus on implementing Domain-Driven Design, resolving technical debt, and mentoring senior engineers to improve system reliability and performance.

Location: Hybrid (Aarhus, Denmark)

Salary: 79,000 – 89,000 DKK per month

Company

hirify.global is a fast-growing SaaS scale-up specializing in Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) software.

What you will do

• Lead complex technical projects end-to-end for GRC infrastructure to ensure flexibility and high performance.
• Take full ownership of critical product components that serve as the scalable foundation of the platform.
• Act as a technical sparring partner, providing architectural direction and unblocking engineers across the organization.
• Define code standards and reference implementations to raise the bar for engineering quality.
• Collaborate with Engineering, Product, and Design to shape and oversee technical implementations.
• Proactively resolve technical debt and improve observability, deployment flows, and testing practices.

Requirements

• Professional experience designing and maintaining highly scalable production systems.
• Ability to define technical direction and lead deep architectural and software-design sessions.
• Expert knowledge in PHP/Laravel or Angular, alongside general system design principles.
• Direct experience with Domain-Driven Design (DDD).
• Strong engineering practices regarding deployment, observability, and testing.
• Must be based in or able to work from the Aarhus office (Hybrid).

Culture & Benefits

• Structured career framework with bi-annual growth talks and weekly check-ins.
• Culture of ownership, trust, and independence.
• Annual Global Summit for whole-company connection.
• Supportive environment emphasizing learning by doing and knowledge sharing.

Hiring process

• Interviews with Talent Acquisition and the Hiring Manager.
• Personality Assessment and a 1-hour Technical Interview.
• Career framework walkthrough and an in-person team meeting.