Software Engineer II (Backend)

TL;DR

Software Engineer II (Backend): Building and evolving backend services for the fulfillment platform with an accent on modernizing legacy systems and optimizing job matching algorithms. Focus on decomposing monoliths into API-first services, managing data-intensive migrations, and ensuring system reliability in a high-scale marketplace environment.

Location: Must be based in the San Francisco Bay Area with a hybrid schedule requiring two days of in-office collaboration per week.

Salary: $106,000 - $142,000

Company

hirify.global is a marketplace platform connecting people with Taskers for everyday home services, committed to innovation, inclusion, and creating meaningful income opportunities.

What you will do

• Build and evolve backend services that power job fulfillment and task matching.
• Decompose legacy monolith components into independent, API-first domain services.
• Manage safe migrations of millions of records and improve matching/ranking logic.
• Design and consume REST APIs while interfacing with ML-driven recommendation models.
• Utilize AI coding agents and modern tooling to accelerate development and testing.
• Own end-to-end delivery including design documentation, code reviews, and on-call rotations.

Requirements

• Must be based in the San Francisco Bay Area for hybrid office attendance.
• 2+ years of experience building and operating production backend services.
• Proficiency in one or more modern languages such as Node.js, TypeScript, Ruby, Python, Java, or Go.
• Solid grasp of relational (PostgreSQL) or NoSQL (MongoDB) database modeling and querying.
• Experience designing and building REST APIs in a microservices environment.
• Strong problem-solving skills for complex, ambiguous systems and incremental delivery.

Nice to have

• Experience with system migration or re-platforming.
• Background in payments, search, ranking, or relevance systems.
• Familiarity with experimentation and A/B testing.
• Experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS) and CI/CD pipelines.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid work model with two days of in-office collaboration per week.
• Employer-paid health insurance and 401k match with immediate vesting.
• Generous flexible time off including two company-wide closure weeks.
• Stipends for wellness, productivity, education, and hirify.global product usage.
• Inclusive culture with strong diversity representation in leadership.