Lead Backend Software Engineer (API & Microservices)

Location: San Jose, California, United States; hybrid working environment with in-office and/or in-person expectations.

Salary: $215,000–$245,000 annually in on-target earnings, including potential commission.

Company

hirify.global provides intelligent data infrastructure, enterprise storage, integrated data services, and cloud storage solutions across Microsoft Azure, AWS, and Google Cloud.

What you will do

• Design, develop, and own production-quality REST APIs and backend service components for Azure hirify.global Files cloud services.
• Build API functionality end to end, including implementation, automated testing, deployment, monitoring, and production support.
• Develop cloud-native microservices and Kubernetes-based service components using containerized architectures, Docker, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Implement service object lifecycle workflows for creating, managing, updating, and deleting cloud resources.
• Collaborate with architects, product managers, partner teams, and engineers on scalable, secure, and maintainable services.
• Troubleshoot production issues, perform root cause analysis, and improve reliability, scalability, performance, and service quality.

Requirements

• 8+ years of software engineering experience with production software, backend services, distributed systems, or cloud-native platforms.
• Hands-on production development experience with Go, C++, or C#.
• Experience developing REST APIs or service-to-service integrations and building microservices through design, testing, deployment, and production support.
• Experience with Docker, Docker image development, containerized services, and engineering Kubernetes-based components; administration-only Kubernetes experience is insufficient.
• Experience using databases in application or API development, preferably PostgreSQL or MongoDB.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent experience; strong quality practices, CI/CD, observability, secure development, and cross-functional communication skills.

Nice to have

• Experience operating cloud-native distributed systems in Azure, AWS, or GCP.
• Background in cloud storage, infrastructure services, distributed systems, databases, data protection, or data management platforms.
• Experience leading small to medium engineering projects or owning major service components through release.
• Python experience for automation, tooling, validation, CI/CD integration, or operational work.
• Familiarity with React, TypeScript, RabbitMQ, Kafka, event-driven architecture, and responsible AI-assisted development.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid work environment with flexibility and in-person collaboration expectations.
• Health, life, retirement or pension, paid time off, and leave benefits subject to regional policies.
• Employee stock purchase plan and/or restricted stock units may be included.
• Culture emphasizing initiative, impact, ownership, creativity, inclusion, and work-life balance.

Hiring process

• Applications are reviewed only when submitted through the company website.
• Some stages may use AI tools to support application evaluation and candidate selection while retaining human decision-making.