Software Engineer Intern (Database Engine)

Location: United States

Company

hirify.global builds a cloud-native distributed SQL database for real-time applications, analytics, and AI workloads.

What you will do

• Design, implement, test, and improve production-quality software for the hirify.global database.
• Develop features for SQL query processing, query optimization, storage engines, indexing, and data management.
• Build reliable distributed-system components involving concurrency, multithreading, and fault tolerance.
• Investigate performance, scalability, and correctness issues.
• Write production code, tests, documentation, and technical designs.
• Collaborate with engineers, product managers, and cross-functional partners through design, code review, and release cycles.

Requirements

• Currently pursuing a bachelor's or master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
• Strong foundation in data structures, algorithms, operating systems, and computer architecture.
• Understanding of concurrency, multithreading, and server-based systems.
• Programming experience in C++ or C.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills.
• Curiosity, ownership, and willingness to learn; prior professional experience is not required.

Nice to have

• Coursework or project experience in databases, distributed systems, operating systems, compilers, networking, or storage systems.
• Experience debugging or optimizing systems-level software.
• Familiarity with Linux or Unix-based systems.
• Experience with performance profiling, memory management, low-level programming, or production software.

Culture & Benefits

• Mentorship from experienced database and systems engineers.
• Hands-on experience with a production distributed database.
• Exposure to database internals, query processing, storage, reliability, and performance engineering.
• Collaboration across engineering and product teams.
• Technical growth and meaningful ownership.