About Us

At Hiya we are on a mission to modernize voice with trust, identity, and intelligence. We’re protecting everyday people from spam and fraud calls, connecting businesses with their customers, and helping carriers secure their networks for all. In 2015, Hiya founder, Alex Algard, saw the increasing need for innovation in the voice channel and began building the first caller ID and spam blocking apps for mobile while at Whitepages. In early 2016, Hiya spun out of Whitepages and brought its technology to market through Samsung Smart Call, the first-ever network-based spam solution with AT&T, and the Hiya consumer app. Three years later in 2019, we brought Hiya connect to market, a B2B branded call service that enables enterprise companies to connect to the consumers they are trying to reach. The combination of Protect, Connect, and the Hiya app has resulted in the world’s largest Voice Performance Platform with over 200M monthly active users.

About the Position

The entry level Backend Engineer position is an individual contributor who is responsible for architecting, implementing, and maintaining significant backend systems that serve hundreds of millions of requests per month. This role is with the team that provides high-availability, latency-sensitive capabilities to telecoms, mobile apps, and other partners. In addition, you’ll work with engineering teams across Hiya, some in Seattle and some in Europe, to define and deliver shared components and services.

What You’ll Do

• Design, code and operate high performance HTTP services and data processing pipelines on the JVM platform (primarily Scala)
• Work at a supportive and fast-growing startup with a fantastic team, where you can collaborate with and learn from other great team members
• Make an impact in the lives of hundreds of millions of consumers
• Be supported in developing your skills and accelerating your career

What You’ll Need to Succeed 

• Experience or interest in functional programming in a typed setting
• A philosophy of iteration and continuous improvement
• Working knowledge of building RESTful APIs and event-driven services
• Working knowledge of building services that adhere to operational SLAs
• Experience with *nix will be a plus
• A preference for velocity over perfection
• A commitment to respectful and impactful collaboration
• Self motivated and excited to learn about new technologies.

You will have a fast start if you have:

• Experience building and maintaining HTTP APIs that support 10s of thousands of requests per second, especially using the JVM
• Experience with networking, queues, stream processing and caching
• Experience with Scala, AWS, Kubernetes
• Basic knowledge of telecommunications protocols like SIP will be a plus

The requirements listed in the job descriptions are guidelines. You don’t have to satisfy every requirement or meet every qualification listed. If your skills are transferable we would still love to hear from you.

More Details

The Salary range for this role is between $90,000 to $115,000. When determining compensation, a number of factors will be considered: skills, experience, job scope, location, and competitive compensation market data.

• Start Date: June 2023
• Status: Full-time
• Location: Seattle, WA (Hybrid) 
• Department: Engineering, Edge Services 
• Reports to: Director of Engineering
• Direct Reports: None 

 Benefits

• Equity compensation
• 401K program with 3% match through Fidelity Investments
• Self managed vacation plan 
• 15 Paid holidays including Recharge Days
• 100% covered medical, dental, and vision for the employee and 50% coverage for dependents
• Flexible spending , health savings accounts and Pretax dependent daycare savings plan
• Paid parental leave
• Voluntary Life and AD&D, and Accident insurance options
• Employer-paid life insurance
• Employer-paid long-term disability coverage (in qualifying states)
• Donation Matching for a charity of your choice (up to $1,000/ year)
• $1,000/year reimbursement in Professional Development funds

This position is based in Seattle, Washington and is only open to candidates who currently reside in the Greater Seattle Area.

We are building a team with a variety of perspectives, identities, and professional experiences.  We evaluate great candidates through a business lens and we strongly believe that diversity and unique perspectives make our company stronger, more dynamic, and a great place to build a career.

Our team has won various awards over the last 4 years from Built-in Seattle and Seattle Business Week to #86 on Deloitte Technology Fast 500 and Forbes #1 Startup Employer. Here at Hiya, we are a people-centric company focused on helping each and every one of our employees grow both personally and professionally. We feel that creating a team culture of support and empowerment to challenge the status quo results in an energized and passionate team that is continuously challenged and passionate about the work they are doing. You’ll love working here if you are looking for an innovative challenge that is disrupting an industry. Come join us!