Staff Software Engineer (Fintech)

TL;DR

Staff Software Engineer (Fintech): Building and maintaining backend services and RESTful APIs to expose testability as a platform capability with an accent on fault injection, synthetic data generation, and environment control. Focus on architecting secure test-only interfaces and integrating AI-powered agents to scale quality engineering across microservices.

Location: Must be based in the US (Hybrid in Palo Alto, CA or remote in PT/CT time zones).

Salary: $152,000 – $185,800

Company

hirify.global is a pioneer in earned wage access, providing real-time financial flexibility to help people manage their hirify.globalgs without mandatory fees or interest.

What you will do

• Design and build backend services and APIs that expose testability as a platform capability.
• Architect secure, access-controlled backdoor interfaces for state manipulation and edge-case simulation.
• Evangelize testability and quality engineering practices across cross-functional teams.
• Build internal tooling, SDKs, and libraries to streamline testability adoption.
• Integrate AI-powered agents to autonomously exercise APIs and detect regressions.
• Collaborate with security teams to ensure testability features are safely scoped and compliant.

Requirements

• 7+ years of software engineering experience building production backend services.
• Strong hands-on experience with RESTful APIs and microservices architecture (REST and gRPC).
• Proven ability to design safe, access-controlled test interfaces in production-adjacent systems.
• Experience with CI/CD tooling and integrating quality workflows into deployment pipelines.
• Must be based in the US (preference for Palo Alto, PT, or CT time zones).
• Strong communication skills to influence engineering practices across teams.

Nice to have

• Experience with Kubernetes.
• Hands-on experience using LLMs/AI agents for test generation or quality automation.
• Experience with AI-assisted development tools like GitHub Copilot or Cursor.

Culture & Benefits

• Work on a high-impact product with a healthy core business and world-class funding.
• Collaborative environment that values diversity and inclusive perspectives.
• Opportunity to shape engineering culture and mentor team members.
• Commitment to professional growth and technical excellence.