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 400M monthly active users.

About the Position

We are hiring a Sr. Backend Software Engineer to lead the efforts on the latest product initiatives for Hiya direct-to-consumer apps that provide context for users to decide if they should answer a phone call or not. As an engineer on the apps team, you will work with a modern stack. You will work in an agile and highly collaborative environment with other fellow senior engineers, designers, and product managers in order to bring quality products to the millions of Hiya users around the world.

What You’ll Do

• Help design and build and support new features for our flagship mobile products - Hiya and Mr. Number on Android and iOS.
• Be part of an agile and collaborative product design and development process.
• Learn and work with new technologies and find innovative ways of overcoming limitations imposed by the OS in order to bring reliable spam protection to millions of users.
• Own and manage the end-to-end development and evolution of new features.
• Mentor junior team members as the team grow and aspire to move into engineering leadership and product ownership roles.
• Participate in R&D efforts of new features and take MVP solutions through the validation phase to production by working with the product team.
• Plan, design, and implement instrumentation to gauge user behaviors and real-time issues.

What You’ll Need to Succeed 

• You have a BS or MS in Computer Science or related fields (Computer Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, Electrical Engineering) or commensurate professional experience.
• You have experience creating services and software that support mobile apps
• You have experience with popular OSS libraries
• You are familiar with RESTful APIs and how to best design such APIs for consumption by mobile apps
• You have experience building secure, scalable, and reliable mobile backend systems preferably using microservices
• You have experience working in an agile team environment and you have been involved in the full development life cycle for a mobile app.
• You have worked at a startup (

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 compensation for this role is between $143,333 and $194,500. When determining compensation, a number of factors will be considered: skills, experience, job scope, location, and competitive compensation market data.

• Start Date: Immediately
• Status: Full-time 
• Location: Seattle, WA, US 
• Department: Engineering
• Reports to: Engineering Manager
• 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 dependants
• Flexible spending , health savings accounts and Pretax dependent day care 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, WA, US

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!