
At Hiya, our mission is to modernize voice with trust, identity and intelligence. Our Voice Performance Platform connects businesses with their customers, protects people from spam and fraud calls,…

At Hiya, our mission is to modernize voice with trust, identity and intelligence. Our Voice Performance Platform connects businesses with their customers, protects people from spam and fraud calls,…
Headquarters: Seattle
Product: Voice Intelligence platform for spam/fraud blocking, caller ID, and branded-call solutions
Scale: Platform serves hundreds of millions of users and analyzes billions of calls monthly
Founded: Spinout led by Alex Algard; public launch 2016
Notable funding: 2017 Series A $18M led by Balderton Capital
Call security, caller identification, and voice performance for carriers, OEMs and enterprises.
2016
Software Development
$18 million
Series A included participation from Nautilus Venture Partners and Lumia Capital
“Balderton Capital led a reported $18M Series A in 2017; other reported investors include Nautilus Venture Partners, Lumia Capital, and later investor entries listed by data aggregators such as Ericsson Ventures and Crédit Mutuel Equity.”
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About Us
At Hiya, we’re revolutionizing voice communication. Our mission is to modernize voice with intelligence for security and productivity.
Since 2015, when we introduced the first mobile caller ID and spam-blocking apps, we’ve been at the forefront of voice intelligence innovation. In 2016, we partnered with Samsung and AT&T to launch Hiya Protect , the first network-based spam-blocking solution. In 2019, we introduced Hiya Connect , a branded call SaaS platform that helps businesses reach more customers by phone.
Today, our Voice Intelligence Platform supports over 500 million users globally. By using adaptive AI and audio intelligence, it delivers smarter, safer, and more productive voice calls across networks, apps, and devices. Our network & solution partners have grown to include British Telecom, EE, Virgin Media O2, Ericsson, Rogers, Bell Canada, MasMovil, Telenor, FICO, Twilio, and more.
About the Position
The Medior Backend Engineer for the Connect Team is an Individual contributor position responsible for designing, coding and operating high performance data processing systems and backend services on the JVM platform (primarily Scala) for our phone call processing pipeline and customer facing web applications. Our ideal candidate would have the skills and desire to understand our entire stack, from our cloud platform (AWS) through data storage technologies (such as DynamoDB, Redshift) and stream processing (Kafka) all the way to Scala/Typelevel stack based components.
What You’ll Do
Qualities that will make you successful:
The person in this role must embody Hiya’s key values of Serving our customers, Doing rather than observing, Improving ourselves and our business, Owning and holding ourselves accountable for success, and Leading by showing up with a point of view, engaging in open discussion, listening respectfully to others opinions and committing to decisions.
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
When determining compensation, a number of factors will be considered: skills, experience, job scope, location, and competitive compensation market data.
Benefits
This position is based in Budapest, Hungary.
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!
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