Advanced Software Engineer (LegalTech)

TL;DR

Advanced Software Engineer (LegalTech): Designing and operating tier-0 identity and authentication services for a high-stakes legal data platform with an accent on security, availability, and distributed systems architecture. Focus on building scalable authentication workflows, implementing defense-in-depth security controls, and ensuring operational excellence for critical identity services.

Location: Must be based in the United States (Illinois)

Salary: $103,000–$155,000

Company

hirify.global is a leading legal data intelligence company providing AI-powered cloud platforms for litigation, investigations, and regulatory inquiries.

What you will do

• Design and operate secure, highly available, and scalable authentication and identity services.
• Maintain integrations with identity providers using OAuth2, OIDC, and SAML.
• Own production reliability, including on-call rotations and incident response.
• Implement security controls like MFA, token lifecycle management, and least-privilege access.
• Improve system observability through metrics, logging, and alerting.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to deliver authentication features and long-term identity strategy.

Requirements

• Must be based in the United States
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 3+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Proficiency in C#, Java, or Python.
• Strong understanding of distributed systems fundamentals, including availability and scalability.
• Experience designing and operating cloud-based services.

Nice to have

• Experience with authentication, authorization, or security-critical systems.
• Working knowledge of OAuth2, OIDC, or SAML.
• Experience operating tier-0 or business-critical services.
• Familiarity with observability, monitoring, and CI/CD practices.

Culture & Benefits

• Competitive base salary with annual performance bonus and long-term incentives.
• Comprehensive health and retirement programs.
• Discretionary time off (DTO) and parental leave for caregivers.
• Two annual company breaks and home office stipend.
• Strong focus on operational excellence, post-incident learning, and inclusive engineering culture.