Senior Lead Systems Engineer (AI & Automation)

Location: Toronto, Canada

Salary: CA$119,000–CA$187,000 per year; expected OTE of CA$132,000–CA$208,000 per year

Company

hirify.global is a customer engagement SaaS platform that helps brands deliver personalized experiences through cross-channel messaging, journey orchestration, and AI-powered decisioning.

What you will do

• Design and build intelligent automation across enterprise platforms to reduce manual effort and improve employee productivity.
• Develop scalable integrations, APIs, middleware, and event-driven workflows connecting Slack, Okta, Workday, Atlassian, GitHub, Google Workspace, and other SaaS applications.
• Build conversational IT and self-service experiences that reduce reliance on ticket-based workflows.
• Design resilient enterprise platform architectures with strong maintainability, extensibility, and operational excellence.
• Evaluate and implement AI technologies, large language models, MCP integrations, and agent frameworks for enterprise automation.
• Provide technical leadership, contribute to platform strategy, document architecture, and mentor engineers.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience designing enterprise-scale integrations and automation in modern SaaS environments.
• Strong software engineering experience building APIs, integrations, automation, or platform services.
• Proficiency in Python, Go, TypeScript, or JavaScript.
• Experience with REST APIs, webhooks, OAuth, SCIM, GraphQL, and modern authentication standards.
• Experience with enterprise platforms such as Okta, Workday, Slack, Atlassian, GitHub, or Google Workspace.
• Ability to design scalable architectures and collaborate with engineering, security, infrastructure, and business teams.

Nice to have

• Experience with AI agents, MCP integrations, LLM-powered workflows, or enterprise AI platforms.
• Experience with Terraform, infrastructure as code, cloud automation, event-driven architectures, message queues, or serverless technologies.
• Experience with AWS, GCP, Azure, internal developer platforms, or enterprise integration frameworks.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid ways of working with a curated in-office experience.
• Equity grants, retirement and employee stock purchase plans, and flexible paid time off.
• Medical, dental, vision, life, disability, fertility, and equal paid parental leave benefits, varying by location.
• Professional development through career pathing, learning platforms, and an annual learning stipend.
• Employee resource groups, volunteer opportunities, donation matching, and a collaborative workplace culture.

Hiring process

• AI-assisted tools may analyze application materials and support interview scheduling, recording, and note summarization.
• Recruiting teams remain involved in hiring decisions; candidates may request information, manual review, or opt out of AI-assisted review where applicable.