Junior Software Engineer (AI)

Location: New York, NY, USA; 4 days a week in the office with one hybrid/remote day

Salary: $110,000–$140,000 per year

Company

hirify.global provides niche consulting services for the architecture, engineering, and construction industries, with a focus on high-performance buildings and specialty structures.

What you will do

• Design and build end-to-end features using React frontends and Python backends with Django or FastAPI.
• Own components and small services from specification through deployment and operation.
• Develop AI-powered features, including prompt engineering, agent workflows, RAG pipelines, and LLM integrations.
• Participate in architecture and design discussions and help shape technical direction.
• Write tested, maintainable code, participate in code reviews, and improve documentation and development practices.
• Collaborate with the engineering lead, DevOps, and business stakeholders to deliver software.

Requirements

• 0–3 years of professional full-stack software engineering experience.
• Strong proficiency with React or a comparable modern frontend framework and Python with Django, FastAPI, or similar.
• Understanding of REST APIs, relational databases, and modern web application architecture.
• Familiarity with Docker, cloud infrastructure such as AWS or Azure, and CI/CD workflows.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to work across time zones with non-technical stakeholders.
• Curiosity about AI/ML and interest in building AI-powered products.

Nice to have

• Production experience with LLM APIs such as OpenAI or Anthropic.
• Experience with LangGraph, LangChain, Pinecone, Weaviate, or RAG architectures.
• Experience with Databricks, Snowflake, Airbyte, n8n, Zapier, or Temporal.
• Exposure to enterprise SaaS, compliance-sensitive industries, AEC, construction technology, or industrial software.

Culture & Benefits

• Work within a small engineering team with significant individual ownership.
• Contribute software used across hirify.global's global business units.
• Hybrid schedule with four office days and one remote day per week.
• Equal Opportunity Employer with confidential handling of applicant information.