Senior Manager, Software Engineering (Authentication)

TL;DR

Senior Manager, Software Engineering (Authentication) (Cloud-native backend, distributed systems, AI/ML): Leading the teams building and operating high-performance cloud services for real-time voice authentication and identity verification with an accent on reliability, scalability, operational excellence, and engineering leadership. Focus on designing resilient low-latency systems, improving incident response and delivery execution, and safely operationalizing AI/ML-backed trust signals in production.

Location: US remote only; remote-first work with regular team off-sites, company-wide events, and intentional in-person gatherings.

Salary: $195,000–$235,000 USD base pay, plus eligibility for an annual discretionary bonus and RSUs.

Company

hirify.global provides an identity trust platform for real-time identity verification and deepfake detection across voice, video, and digital interactions.

What you will do

• Lead engineering managers, senior engineers, and technical leaders across the Authentication area.
• Translate product and engineering strategy into a technical roadmap, execution plan, and operating model.
• Improve the reliability, scalability, observability, and operational health of cloud-native API-based distributed systems.
• Drive prioritization, planning, cross-team coordination, and predictable delivery across multiple initiatives.
• Raise standards for architecture, testing, incident response, postmortems, and on-call sustainability.
• Partner with Product, Research, Security, Platform, Support, Customer Success, and engineering teams while serving as a senior escalation point for complex incidents.

Requirements

• 8–12+ years of software engineering experience, including production experience with distributed backend systems and APIs.
• 3–5+ years of engineering leadership experience, including leadership through managers or senior technical leads.
• Strong knowledge of cloud-native architecture, microservices, observability, CI/CD, and AWS and/or GCP.
• Experience improving reliability, execution, and engineering standards for high-availability customer-facing systems.
• Hands-on experience with Go and/or Python, data stores, and low-latency service design.
• Strong cross-functional partnership skills across Product, Security, Support, Customer Success, and engineering.

Nice to have

• Experience in authentication, identity, fraud prevention, risk engines, or security-sensitive products.
• Familiarity with OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, SAML, RBAC/ABAC, or related IAM patterns.
• Experience productionizing model outputs, risk signals, or AI/ML-enabled capabilities with Research, MLOps, or data teams.
• Experience leading multi-cloud services with significant on-call and incident responsibilities.

Culture & Benefits

• Remote-first environment with flexibility and autonomy.
• Unlimited paid time off and paid parental leave.
• Employer-supported health, dental, vision, HSA, fertility, and GLP-1 benefits.
• RSUs for all employees and a recurring monthly phone and internet allowance.
• Annual learning and development stipend.
• Regular off-sites, company events, and gatherings focused on connection and collaboration.