Staff Backend Engineer (AI)

TL;DR

Staff Backend Engineer (AI): Building and scaling LLM-based systems for insurance submission processing with an accent on high-volume unstructured data extraction and architectural decision-making. Focus on designing robust backend systems, deploying LLMs at scale, and solving complex data processing challenges in a high-stakes industry.

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

Salary: $230,000 – $290,000 USD

Company

hirify.global is an AI-driven company building the operating system for decision-making in the $7T insurance industry.

What you will do

• Design and architect scalable backend systems for processing billions of unstructured data points.
• Lead the technical direction for the Submission Processing team.
• Deploy and optimize LLM-based systems in production environments.
• Collaborate on end-to-end project ownership from design to implementation.
• Solve complex, novel problems in data extraction and decision automation.

Requirements

• 8+ years of software engineering experience.
• Strong proficiency in Python.
• Experience with AWS and serverless technologies (Lambda, EC2).
• Proven experience deploying LLMs in production at scale.
• Solid understanding of relational databases, specifically PostgreSQL.
• Strong fundamentals in system design and asynchronous workflows.

Nice to have

• Experience with document pipelines and processing large-scale data.
• Background in other object-oriented programming languages.

Culture & Benefits

• 100% covered PPO medical, vision, and dental for individuals and families.
• 401(k) plan with employer contribution.
• 20 days of PTO per year.
• Global team offsites and regional meetups.
• Stipends for gym/healthy living and mobile phone bills.
• Continuing education credits.