Staff Software Engineer (AI-First Backend)

TL;DR

Staff Software Engineer (AI-First Backend): Own the technical direction of backend product platforms, building APIs, data models, and production services with an accent on production-grade scalability, extensibility, and end-to-end delivery from technical design through launch. Focus on designing backend systems for an AI-forward learning experience, directing AI coding tools for implementation, and raising the team’s technical bar through architecture and reviews.

Company

hirify.global builds an English learning marketplace connecting students with tutors and delivering AI-forward learning experiences.

What you will do

• Lead the design and delivery of backend systems: APIs, data models, and services that run in production.
• Make hard technical calls on domain modeling and when to optimize for scale/extensibility versus fast learning.
• Ship end to end: take major initiatives from technical design through launch.
• Work across the stack as needed (frontend, mobile, and data) to unblock product delivery, using AI coding tools to stay effective outside core expertise.
• Set the technical bar via architecture, reviews, and engineering best practices, and turn working AI workflows into team standards.
• Mentor engineers and help raise overall engineering quality.

Requirements

• 7+ years of engineering experience with a track record of owning systems and taking them to production.
• Strong backend expertise in API design, data modeling, and production systems that hold up at scale.
• Experience working in an AI-first workflow where AI coding tools handle implementation and engineers focus on decisions, design, and review.
• Ability to make independent technical judgments and communicate trade-offs to both engineers and non-engineers.
• Comfort working outside core specialization and shipping unfamiliar parts of the stack when needed.
• Product mindset focused on shipping what learners actually use.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid-first schedule with office days Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday.
• Daily catered lunch.
• 100% paid medical, dental, and vision plus 401k matching up to 4%.
• Paid maternity and paternity leave.
• 20 days PTO, 9 days sick leave, 10 company holidays, and an end-of-year shutdown.
• Base salary range $200,000–$230,000 USD plus equity (pre-IPO stock options).

Hiring process

• Not specified in the provided posting.