Senior Backend Software Engineer (Semiconductor)

Location: Hangzhou, China. Relocation eligible; travel required up to 20% of the time.

Company

hirify.global develops and services materials engineering equipment used to manufacture semiconductor chips and advanced displays.

What you will do

• Design, develop, test, and maintain backend services, RESTful APIs, data models, and integration layers.
• Build reliable backend capabilities for web application workflows, including request handling, validation, persistence, error handling, and service orchestration.
• Collaborate with frontend, product, QA, infrastructure, and architecture teams to translate requirements into backend solutions.
• Evaluate technical alternatives, document trade-offs, and troubleshoot issues across application, data, integration, runtime, and environment boundaries.
• Write unit and integration tests, conduct code reviews, and support CI/CD, deployment readiness, monitoring, logging, and production operations.
• Mentor junior engineers through code reviews, design discussions, documentation, and technical knowledge sharing.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Automation, Applied Mathematics, or a related field.
• 7+ years of relevant software engineering experience.
• Strong hands-on backend development experience with Python or similar programming languages.
• Experience designing and implementing RESTful APIs or backend services for production applications.
• Knowledge of object-oriented programming, modular design, clean code, maintainable architecture, and relational or NoSQL databases.
• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, Linux, cloud platforms, observability, testing, debugging, Git workflows, code review, and CI/CD.

Nice to have

• Experience with FastAPI, Flask, Django, or similar backend frameworks.
• Experience with API contract design, schema validation, versioning, and backward-compatible API evolution.
• Experience with asynchronous processing, workflow orchestration, distributed systems, performance profiling, query optimization, or backend reliability improvements.
• Experience mentoring engineers or leading backend design discussions.

Culture & Benefits

• Supportive environment focused on learning, professional development, and career growth.
• Work on software solutions for semiconductor and advanced display technologies, including machine learning and AI applications.
• Employee health and wellbeing programs with support for personal and professional growth.
• Regular employment with travel required up to 20% of the time.