Senior Platform Software Engineer II (Kubernetes)

TL;DR

Senior Platform Software Engineer II (Kubernetes): Building, maintaining, and evolving internal infrastructure-as-a-service platforms with an accent on automation, reliability, and high-scale distributed systems. Focus on designing frameworks for asynchronous job processing, improving observability, and reducing operational toil for engineering teams at a massive scale.

Location: Must be based in or able to work from New York City (Hybrid)

Salary: $156,364–$250,909/year (OTE: $172,000–$276,000/year)

Company

hirify.global is a leading customer engagement platform that empowers brands to deliver personalized, AI-powered experiences across multiple channels.

What you will do

• Develop and maintain internal IaaS services and automation frameworks to scale operations.
• Design and operate internal software frameworks for large-scale asynchronous background processing.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to improve infrastructure reliability and deployment speed.
• Manage incidents via PagerDuty rotation and perform post-incident retrospectives to drive system improvements.
• Provide opinionated abstractions and tooling to allow application teams to manage distributed systems safely.

Requirements

• 5+ years of full-stack development experience.
• Experience in building or automating Kubernetes-based operators and custom resources.
• Strong understanding of systems architecture, including interfaces, failure modes, and edge cases.
• Proven experience with large-scale API-driven systems and application observability.
• Ability to collaborate effectively across global teams and document technical work thoroughly.

Culture & Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance plans.
• Flexible paid time off and work-life harmony initiatives.
• Retirement plans and Employee Stock Purchase Plans.
• Equity grants of restricted stock (RSUs).
• Professional development support including learning stipends and career pathing.
• Curated in-office experience designed to foster community and innovation.