Staff Software Engineer (Core Platform)

TL;DR

Staff Software Engineer (Core Platform): Designing and developing foundational runtime and shared services for a data intelligence platform with an accent on scalability, reliability, and performance of metadata processing. Focus on building robust infrastructure primitives, runtime orchestration, and distributed processing across SaaS and on-premise deployments.

Location: Prague, Czech Republic (Hybrid). Not eligible for immigration sponsorship

Company

hirify.global (Octopai) is a Data Intelligence company that empowers enterprises to understand, trust, and optimize their data through automated lineage and cataloging.

What you will do

• Design and implement core runtime services powering platform execution, analysis workflows, and operational stability.
• Build shared infrastructure components including service frameworks, job execution layers, and scheduling.
• Improve the scalability and performance of platform services supporting metadata ingestion and lineage computation.
• Develop workload orchestration, lifecycle management, fault handling, and resource optimization capabilities.
• Collaborate with DevOps and Cloud teams to ensure services are manageable in Kubernetes and enterprise environments.
• Build foundations for observability, including logging, metrics, and tracing tools for core services.

Requirements

• 8–12+ years of backend or platform engineering experience with demonstrated impact at Staff level.
• Strong expertise in C# (.NET) and Java.
• Experience with SQL and NoSQL databases such as SQL Server, PostgreSQL, or ArangoDB.
• Proficiency with messaging and caching systems like Kafka and Redis.
• Hands-on experience operating containerized services and supporting Kubernetes-based deployments.
• Must be based in or have legal right to work in the Czech Republic; no immigration sponsorship provided.

Nice to have

• Experience with workflow engines or distributed job execution systems.
• Background in supporting hybrid SaaS and enterprise/on-prem deployments.
• Familiarity with performance optimization for metadata-heavy or graph-based workloads.
• Knowledge of search/index infrastructure like ElasticSearch or Solr.

Culture & Benefits

• Generous PTO policy and "Unplugged Days" to support work-life balance.
• Flexible WFH policy.
• Comprehensive benefits package and competitive compensation.
• Mental and physical wellness programs.
• Phone and internet reimbursement program.
• Access to continued career development and paid volunteer time.