Staff Software Development Engineer (Microservices)

Location: Hybrid in San Jose, California, USA, with 3 days a week in the office

Base salary: $133,000–$190,000 USD annually, excluding bonus, equity, commission, and benefits.

Company

hirify.global provides a cloud-native Zero Trust Exchange platform that secures users, devices, and applications through cybersecurity services powered by a large security data lake.

What you will do

• Execute the technical roadmap for modernizing enterprise platforms through API-first design and microservices architecture.
• Design, develop, and deploy resilient, low-latency, event-driven solutions across API tiers and back-end services.
• Maintain coding standards, conduct code reviews, and champion TDD and BDD practices.
• Partner with Product, DevOps, and System Architects to translate complex business needs into scalable technical solutions.
• Use Docker, Kubernetes, and hybrid or public cloud environments including AWS, Azure, and GCP to manage service lifecycles.

Requirements

• 5+ years of software development experience with production-grade microservices.
• Strong proficiency in Java with Spring Boot, Go, or Rust.
• Expertise in distributed data patterns such as CQRS and Event Sourcing, plus event-driven communication using Kafka, RabbitMQ, or SQS.
• Hands-on experience with Docker and Kubernetes in AWS, Azure, or GCP environments.
• Experience designing and scaling SQL and NoSQL databases.
• Foundational understanding of AI/ML technologies and experience leveraging, securing, or positioning AI-driven solutions.

Nice to have

• Experience with AI-driven automated testing or generative AI tools for microservice performance and code-generation workflows.
• Experience with Istio, Linkerd, or other service mesh technologies.
• Practical knowledge of chaos engineering and advanced performance testing tools.

Culture & Benefits

• High-accountability environment focused on customer obsession, collaboration, ownership, and execution.
• Inclusive workplace emphasizing transparency, constructive debate, feedback, and belonging.
• Health plans, vacation and sick time, parental leave, retirement options, and education reimbursement.
• In-office perks and support for accommodations during the recruiting process.