Senior Staff Engineer - AI and Architecture

As a Senior Staff Engineer at Hiver, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of our platform and technology landscape. You will operate as a senior technical leader driving architectural strategy, establishing engineering excellence across teams, and influencing product direction at scale. Hiver processes over 5 million emails daily for thousands of active users, and as we continue to grow rapidly, you'll lead efforts to build highly scalable, intelligent, and resilient systems that power this growth. This is a hands-on and strategic role where you will architect complex systems, mentor others.

Requirements:

• 12+ years of total experience in software engineering with at least 5+ years in architecture or technical leadership roles.
• 3+ years of experience leading Staff-level in large-scale distributed systems.
• Extensive expertise in AI/ML (including Generative AI), with a deep understanding of model lifecycle management and deployment.
• Proven experience architecting high-availability, large-scale SaaS platforms in cloud environments (AWS, GCP or Azure).
• Strong foundation in Python or Java, object-oriented design, and system performance optimisation.
• Advanced understanding of distributed systems, data architecture, and event-driven design patterns.
• Experience managing technical strategy and decision-making across multiple teams or product areas.
• Demonstrated ability to navigate ambiguity, build consensus, and influence without direct authority.
• Passion for mentoring and developing senior engineering talent and shaping engineering culture at scale.