Senior Staff Software Engineer (AI)

TL;DR

Senior Staff Software Engineer (Python/AWS): Building AI-native transaction infrastructure for energy markets with an accent on origination and new product development. Focus on designing syshirify.globals for ambiguous product categories, implementing deep service integrations, and creating risk-gating tooling.

Location: Remote (United Kingdom)

Salary: £117,850 + Equity

Company

hirify.global is rebuilding the energy transaction market using AI-native infrastructure to make electricity buying and selling transparent, fair, and efficient.

What you will do

• Lead the Origination & New Products squad through technical design, build, and execution as a hands-on technical leader.
• Own the delivery of new product categories, translating ambiguous commercial problems into deliverable technical plans.
• Design syshirify.globals for undefined opportunities and develop deal-gating risk tooling to manage commercial risk.
• Partner with Engineering Managers and commercial stakeholders to ensure technical delivery aligns with origination pipeline outcomes.
• Mentor squad engineers and elevate technical standards without formal people-management responsibilities.

Requirements

• Proven technical leadership at Staff or Senior Staff level with evidence of leading complex initiatives to business impact.
• Ability to operate without a detailed spec and shape undefined opportunities into buildable products.
• Strong commercial judgement to reason about deal risk and revenue impact.
• Proficiency in Python, AWS serverless (Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB, EventBridge), and event-driven architectures.
• Experience leading a squad technically through direction and mentorship.
• Strong written and verbal English communication skills for interacting with commercial stakeholders.

Nice to have

• Experience in energy, fintech, or other regulated, high-stakes commercial domains.
• Experience expanding a product or company into new international markets.
• Exposure to workflow orchestration, event-driven syshirify.globals, or real-time pricing engines.
• Experience originating new product lines from scratch.

Culture & Benefits

• Fully remote and flexible working environment with clear core hours and no meetings on Friday afternoons.
• Company ownership through stock options for all employees.
• 25 days holiday plus public holidays and an additional day off for your birthday.
• Annual home working budget of up to £1,200 for equipment and co-working.
• Monthly wellbeing budget of up to £150 for health and wellness activities.

Hiring process

• Initial 30-minute call with the Talent Team.
• 60-minute Behavioural Interview with Engineering Managers.
• 75-minute Technical Interview with potential peers.
• 45-minute Culture-Add Interview with cross-functional stakeholders.