Senior Data Engineer (AI)

Location: Austin, United States — hybrid

Company

hirify.global operates a global network that protects and accelerates Internet applications for customers ranging from individual bloggers to Fortune 500 companies.

What you will do

• Design and implement scalable, performant, and maintainable data pipelines and services in Go and Scala.
• Partner with engineers, analysts, and product stakeholders on strategic initiatives, business-critical data products, and agentic AI architectures.
• Evolve the data platform architecture by improving scalability, reliability, observability, and data correctness.
• Build and curate well-modeled, contextual datasets for internal products, predictive analytics, and LLM-enabled features.
• Improve data ingestion, quality, and governance across the ecosystem while collaborating with data and systems engineers in Austin, Lisbon, and London.
• Lead design reviews, share knowledge, mentor colleagues, and raise data engineering and AI implementation standards.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, engineering, statistics, mathematics, or a related quantitative field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 5+ years of professional experience building and operating production data systems in data engineering, software engineering, or related roles.
• Strong programming skills in Go, Python, or JVM-based languages, with experience developing production-grade services and pipelines.
• Deep SQL knowledge and experience with data modeling and relational, analytical, or vector databases such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, or ClickHouse.
• Experience building scalable, reliable, and observable data pipelines, with knowledge of performance, data quality, and operational best practices.
• Strong problem-solving and communication skills, including experience driving projects in ambiguous environments and working cross-functionally.

Nice to have

• Experience with container-based deployments using Docker and Kubernetes.
• Familiarity with Google Cloud Platform or LLM orchestration frameworks.

Culture & Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance, flexible spending accounts, and commuter spending accounts.
• Fertility and family-forming benefits, mental health support, and an Employee Assistance Program.
• Short- and long-term disability insurance, life and accident insurance, 401(k), and employee stock participation.
• Flexible paid time off covering vacation and sick leave, plus parental, pregnancy health, medical, and bereavement leave.
• Offer-stage applicants may be asked to attend an in-person interview at a hirify.global office or hub.

Hiring process

• Applicants progressing to the offer stage may be asked to attend an in-person interview at a hirify.global office or hub.
• Access to information protected by U.S. export control laws may require authorization to receive controlled technology without export-license sponsorship.