Senior Software Developer (AI)

TL;DR

Senior Software Developer (AI): Building and operating backend services and data pipelines that extract, classify, and resolve information from semi-structured legal documents at scale, with an accent on LLM-powered workflows, citation recognition/resolution, and reliable production operations. Focus on designing observable, secure, cost-efficient systems and improving model quality across many jurisdictions using evaluation-driven iteration.

Company

hirify.global builds legal AI technology that helps legal professionals and law firms work smarter, faster, and more securely.

What you will do

• Design, build, and operate backend services and data pipelines for extracting, classifying, and resolving information from semi-structured legal documents.
• Build and operate LLM-powered workflows (batch classification, prompt design and calibration, retrieval, and model integration) using providers such as OpenAI and AWS Bedrock.
• Improve accuracy and coverage for citation recognition, citation resolution, and treatment detection across multiple jurisdictions.
• Measure and improve model quality using large heterogeneous document sets and curated evaluation sets.
• Ensure solutions are observable, reliable, secure, and cost-efficient with monitoring and operational ownership (e.g., Datadog).
• Operate in AWS with CI/CD and cloud services (Batch, Lambda, ECS, RDS/Postgres, S3, and vector/search stores such as Vespa).

Requirements

• 4+ years of experience in software engineering, backend, data engineering, or AI systems development.
• Hands-on experience delivering production-grade systems integrating data, APIs, and complex workflows.
• Strong proficiency in Python; experience with Ruby is an asset.
• Experience with semi-structured/heterogeneous data (e.g., documents, JSON, nested/variant records) including parsing, extraction, classification, and entity resolution.
• Experience with AI/ML or LLM-powered systems (prompt design, orchestration, retrieval, model integration, or evaluation).
• Working knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS preferred), SQL, and processing data at scale; ability to operate under security/privacy/compliance constraints.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid work environment with expectation for local hirify.global offices (Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto, Dublin, London, New York City, Sydney) to be in office at least twice per week.
• Flexible time off policy with an encouraged 20 days off per year.
• Top-tier health benefits, dental, and vision insurance; $2000 annual counseling benefit.
• RRSP matching and RESP contribution.
• hirify.globalversary recognition program at 3, 5, 7, and 10 years.

Hiring process

• Recruitment process includes AI-assisted steps, with a human always reviewing AI-generated output and no automated hiring decisions.
• Compensation and offer depend on geographical region, applicable experience, and skillset.

Location: Engineering Toronto, Vancouver

Salary: $144,700–$170,300–$195,900 CAD