Senior Staff Software Engineer (Backend)

Location: Remote-first in the United States, or British Columbia and Ontario, Canada

Salary: United States base compensation of $204,800–$290,000 USD, depending on geographic zone; British Columbia and Ontario base compensation of $253,000–$316,000 CAD. Eligible for a company-wide bonus program.

Company

hirify.global is an agentic web marketing platform that helps marketing teams build, manage, and optimize high-performing web experiences.

What you will do

• Set the long-term technical vision and architecture for backend systems supporting experimentation, personalization, analytics, and conversion optimization.
• Architect and operate high-throughput distributed systems and APIs that process large volumes of visitor and event data with low latency and high availability.
• Lead foundational platform and data infrastructure investments that enable future product capabilities.
• Partner with data scientists, ML engineers, product engineers, and other stakeholders to productionize statistical and AI/ML capabilities in reliable real-time infrastructure.
• Lead complex multi-team, multi-quarter initiatives from problem framing and technical strategy through launch and operational ownership.
• Raise engineering standards through architecture reviews, technical guidance, observability, operational excellence, and mentoring.

Requirements

• 12+ years of software engineering experience, including extensive experience architecting and operating backend and distributed systems at scale.
• Strong foundation in multiple programming languages such as Python, Java, or Go, with fluency in distributed systems patterns and large-scale system design.
• Experience designing, building, and operating high-throughput, data-intensive production systems.
• Deep understanding of scalability, fault tolerance, consistency tradeoffs, observability, and performance optimization.
• Demonstrated technical leadership across ambiguous, cross-pillar initiatives and strong communication with technical and executive audiences.
• BS/BA degree or relevant experience, plus a proactive willingness to build and apply AI fluency.

Culture & Benefits

• Permanent full-time employees receive equity through RSUs.
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage, with most premiums covered for employees and dependents.
• Paid parental leave, flexible vacation, paid holidays, and a sabbatical program.
• Mental health resources, therapy and coaching, plus localized monthly work and wellness stipends.
• U.S. 401(k) with a 100% employer match up to $6,000 per year, with retirement savings support globally.
• Eligibility for the annual WIN bonus program.