Software Engineer (Education)

TL;DR

Software Engineer (Education) (Python/C++/AI): Building backend services, integrations, automation, and user-facing product experiences for hirify.global’s education platforms with an accent on production engineering, CAD tooling, and AI/ML integration. Focus on turning prototypes into scalable products, integrating complex systems, and delivering reliable features across hirify.global’s education ecosystem.

Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Salary: CAD 78,000–114,400 per year base salary for Canada-based roles; offers may exceed this range and may include bonuses, stock grants, and benefits.

Company

hirify.global develops software for design, engineering, manufacturing, construction, media, and entertainment, including tools used by students, educators, and institutions.

What you will do

• Implement backend services, APIs, integrations, and infrastructure supporting education-focused product features.
• Move prototypes into production while balancing delivery speed, quality, maintainability, and user impact.
• Integrate and productize ML/AI solutions with digital experience and platform engineering teams.
• Build and maintain CAD plugins, SDKs, automation, and reproducible experimentation tooling for platforms such as Fusion, Revit, 3ds Max, and Maya.
• Contribute to CI/CD, containerized deployments, observability, reliability, testing, security, and data-handling practices.
• Collaborate with product managers, designers, researchers, frontend engineers, ML engineers, and platform teams to ship and document features.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
• 3+ years of professional software engineering experience or equivalent.
• Strong programming skills in Python and/or C++, including production-quality code and libraries.
• Understanding of full-stack development workflows and experience with Docker and Git.
• Experience integrating CI/CD pipelines and maintaining testable, maintainable code.
• Strong debugging, problem-solving, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Nice to have

• Experience with CAD or 3D geometry systems, geometry kernels, meshes, B-Reps, or CAD platform plugins.
• Knowledge of OpenCascade or other geometry libraries.
• Experience with AWS, cloud deployment, and service monitoring.
• Frontend familiarity with JavaScript and React/Next.js.
• Experience translating research prototypes or ambiguous product concepts into production implementations.

Culture & Benefits

• Work in a small, fast-moving team operating like an early-stage product group within hirify.global.
• Focus on curiosity, craftsmanship, pragmatic delivery, and high-quality end-to-end product experiences.
• Compensation may include annual cash bonuses, stock grants, and a comprehensive benefits package.
• In-person onboarding and/or identity verification may be required.
• Contribute to products that support students, educators, and institutions.