Sr. Software Engineer, AI Native

Location: Hybrid, requiring 3 days on-site at the Culver City, California office

Annual base salary: $180,000–$205,000

Company

hirify.global’s Engagement Platform Services team builds platform services and applications that enable data-driven fan engagement across games, anime, music, film, and live experiences.

What you will do

• Architect, design, and develop secure, scalable, high-performance RESTful APIs.
• Build dynamic web applications in collaboration with front-end engineers.
• Define data models and database schemas while managing relational and NoSQL databases.
• Direct and govern AI coding agents across the software delivery lifecycle.
• Design agent workflows, prompt patterns, structured outputs, rules, and guardrails using tools such as Claude Code, Cursor, and GitHub Copilot.
• Document architecture and configuration, estimate work, participate in on-call support, and mentor junior engineers.

Requirements

• At least 5 years of professional experience with medium or large complex codebases.
• Full-stack development experience with Java, Go, or Python.
• Experience designing and implementing REST APIs.
• Strong proficiency in HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and familiarity with React, Angular, Ember, Jest, Babel, and TypeScript.
• Demonstrated proficiency with AI-native coding tools, prompt engineering, context management, structured outputs, and agent workflows.
• Knowledge of secure AI coding practices, including prompt injection risks, sandbox basics, and access control.

Nice to have

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field, or three years of equivalent proven experience.
• Experience with AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, databases, CI/CD, Terraform, Ansible, or Jenkins.
• Experience with AI-native development frameworks, MCP, A2A concepts, agent skills, evaluation methods, and LLM-as-judge techniques.
• Knowledge of hallucination reduction, prompt caching, model fallback strategies, and Agile methodologies such as SAFe or Scrum.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid and flexible work arrangements.
• Medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, HSA, FSA, and behavioral health coverage.
• Paid parental and caregiver leave, vacation, holidays, sick leave, Summer Fridays, and a winter break.
• 401(k) plan with company match, education assistance, student loan programs, and an annual incentive bonus.
• Employee stock purchase plan, hirify.global product discounts, employee resource groups, and referral and matching gift programs.