Staff Software Engineer (Java)

About the role

HireRight, a global background screening and workforce solutions provider, is looking for a Staff Software Engineer to help transform the industry. This is not just a feature delivery role: it is a chance to shape the future of background screening and workforce technology by building systems that are simpler, smarter, more reliable and more human-centered. The role provides technical leadership across product, architecture, delivery and engineering culture.

Key responsibilities

• Design, build and evolve full-stack software systems used by customers, candidates, internal teams and global operations
• Lead technical direction for complex initiatives across frontend, backend, data, APIs and cloud infrastructure
• Partner with product, design, security, operations and business stakeholders to solve high-value problems
• Turn ambiguous business and customer needs into clear technical approaches
• Build systems that are reliable, secure, observable, scalable and maintainable
• Mentor engineers through design reviews, code reviews, pairing and technical coaching
• Help teams make strong technical decisions with incomplete information
• Identify and reduce technical debt, operational toil and unnecessary system complexity
• Use AI and agentic tools responsibly to accelerate engineering work

Required profile

• Typically 8 or more years of software engineering experience, including several years leading technical work across teams; the scope and impact of the experience matter more than the exact number of years
• Ability to learn quickly, reason deeply and build responsibly
• Curiosity, technical depth, smart risk-taking and a willingness to challenge how things have always been done

Required skills

• Modern JavaScript / TypeScript
• Frontend frameworks such as React, Angular or Vue
• Backend languages such as Java, C# or Python
• REST, GraphQL, event-driven or service-oriented architectures
• Relational and NoSQL databases
• Cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure or GCP
• CI/CD pipelines, containers and orchestration, observability tools and automated testing

What we offer

• Employment contract with a competitive salary
• Hybrid work, with flexibility to work two days per week from home
• Private health insurance and vacation