Senior Software Engineer (AI)

TL;DR

Senior Software Engineer (AI) (APIs, SDKs, React, MCP): Building end-to-end developer and agent experiences across hirify.global's APIs, SDKs, CLI, and web interfaces with an accent on AI-native product design, automation, and observable platform systems. Focus on designing agent interfaces and protocols, building high-leverage development workflows, and solving complex usability and reliability challenges for humans and AI agents.

Location: Hybrid in New York City, United States

Salary: $190,000–$270,000 in cash compensation, plus equity

Company

hirify.global provides vector database and knowledge infrastructure for building accurate and performant AI applications at scale.

What you will do

• Design interfaces, protocols, and tooling that enable AI agents to build on hirify.global through agentic workflows.
• Ship end-to-end experiences across APIs, SDKs, CLI tools, and web interfaces.
• Build AI-powered workflows, automated quality gates, and platform capabilities that multiply engineering output.
• Establish effective patterns for AI-assisted software development using tools such as Claude Code, Cursor, or similar.
• Collaborate with product, design, and engineering teams to identify user needs and select appropriate abstractions.
• Develop observable and auditable systems with monitoring, alerting, and verification mechanisms.

Requirements

• At least 4 years of software engineering experience.
• Experience shipping production software with AI coding tools as a genuine part of the development workflow.
• Proven ability to design and deliver versioned APIs, SDKs, or client libraries.
• Proficiency building web interfaces with React or a similar framework.
• Experience with at least one major cloud provider: AWS, GCP, or Azure.
• Strong judgment for designing APIs that are easy for both humans and AI agents to use correctly.

Nice to have

• Experience building or consuming MCP servers or designing APIs for agent use cases.
• Familiarity with agentic frameworks, tool use, orchestration, and agent-to-agent communication.
• Experience with a compiled language such as Rust, Go, or Java.
• Experience with large-scale open-source projects or database and query engine SDKs.

Culture & Benefits

• High-autonomy role with active participation in strategy for APIs, agent interfaces, observability, and developer experience.
• Medical, dental, vision, and mental health coverage.
• 401(k) plan and equity award.
• Flexible time off and paid parental leave.
• Annual company retreat and work-from-home equipment stipend.