Senior Lead Systems Engineer, AI & Automation

Location: Austin, United States

Salary: $104,000–$164,000 per year, with expected OTE of $115,000–$182,000 per year.

Company

hirify.global provides a customer engagement platform that helps brands deliver personalized, cross-channel customer experiences using data, automation, and AI.

What you will do

• Design and build intelligent automation, agentic workflows, and integrations across enterprise SaaS platforms.
• Develop APIs, middleware, webhooks, and event-driven workflows connecting Slack, Okta, Workday, Atlassian, GitHub, Google Workspace, and related systems.
• Build conversational IT and self-service experiences that reduce reliance on ticket-based workflows.
• Architect scalable, resilient, extensible enterprise platform solutions with strong operational reliability.
• Evaluate and implement emerging AI technologies, LLMs, MCP integrations, and agent frameworks.
• Lead technical initiatives, contribute to enterprise platform strategy, document architecture, and mentor engineers.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience designing enterprise-scale integrations and automation across modern SaaS environments.
• Strong software engineering experience building APIs, integrations, automation, or platform services.
• Proficiency in Python, Go, TypeScript, or JavaScript.
• Experience with REST APIs, webhooks, OAuth, SCIM, GraphQL, and modern authentication standards.
• Experience with enterprise platforms such as Okta, Workday, Slack, Atlassian, GitHub, or Google Workspace.
• Ability to design scalable architectures and collaborate with engineering, security, infrastructure, and business teams.

Nice to have

• Experience with AI agents, MCP integrations, LLM-powered workflows, or enterprise AI platforms.
• Experience with Terraform, infrastructure as code, cloud automation, event-driven architectures, message queues, or serverless technologies.
• Familiarity with AWS, GCP, or Azure and experience building internal developer platforms or enterprise integration frameworks.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative, transparent culture focused on autonomy, accountability, continuous learning, and work-life harmony.
• Equity grants, retirement and employee stock purchase plans, and flexible paid time off.
• Medical, dental, vision, life, disability, fertility, and equal paid parental leave benefits, varying by location.
• Career pathing, learning platforms, and an annual learning stipend.
• Curated in-office experiences, employee resource groups, community volunteering, and donation matching.

Hiring process

• AI-assisted tools may analyze application materials and support scheduling, interview recording, and interview-note summaries.
• Recruiting teams remain involved in hiring decisions; candidates may request information, opt out, or request manual review depending on location.