Software Engineer

Location: Berlin, Germany; hybrid workplace

Company

hirify.global is developing laser-driven inertial fusion to deliver clean energy at commercial scale, with operations in Germany and the United States.

What you will do

• Own moderately complex features from technical design through testing, deployment and handover.
• Work with scientists, people, legal, operations, IT and other specialists to translate their needs into practical software.
• Build internal applications, data workflows, system integrations, APIs, automation and engineering tools.
• Add automated tests, logging, metrics, error handling and operational guidance.
• Improve code quality, address technical debt, contribute to reviews and reuse shared platforms and patterns.
• Move across project domains, deliver maintainable software and help standardize internal development, security and operations.

Requirements

• Ability to independently own well-scoped work, with support for broader architecture or highly unclear decisions.
• Strong software engineering fundamentals, including readable code, data structures, debugging, automated testing, version control, code review and evidence of delivered working software.
• Ability to build and maintain software in a modern typed language such as TypeScript or JavaScript, or a similar language.
• Experience building web applications with a component-based frontend framework such as React, Vue or Angular.
• Understanding of relational databases and SQL, including schemas, migrations, permissions and data modeling.
• Experience integrating software through REST APIs, events, scheduled jobs or similar communication patterns.
• Understanding of authentication, authorization, role-based access and secure data handling.
• Familiarity with CI/CD, package management, basic infrastructure configuration and automated build, test and deployment workflows.
• Ability to use tests, logs, metrics and traces to troubleshoot software and confirm expected behavior.
• Ability to use AI-assisted development tools responsibly while maintaining review, testing, security and quality standards.
• Ability to learn new languages, frameworks, systems and technical domains, move between projects, communicate clearly, raise risks early and complete documented handovers.

Nice to have

• Experience with TypeScript, React, SQL, PostgreSQL, serverless functions or Azure services.
• Experience with Azure, AWS or Google Cloud, including serverless or managed application platforms.
• Experience with monorepos, shared packages, reusable components and common engineering tooling.
• Experience with database security, row-level permissions, identity providers, single sign-on or role-based access control.
• Experience with infrastructure as code, CI/CD systems, cloud observability or secure secret management.
• Experience building internal tools, technical dashboards, data pipelines, search systems, automation or third-party service integrations.
• Experience with scientists, hardware engineers, research teams, industrial systems or other technical domain experts.
• Experience supporting projects through handover, production use or transfer to a long-term owner.
• Familiarity with AI-assisted development workflows without lowering review, testing, security or maintainability standards.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time employment in a hybrid role based in Berlin, Germany.
• Work directly on software supporting fusion research and company operations across scientific, hardware, operational and business domains.
• Inclusive equal opportunity workplace.
• Compensation, incentive compensation, equity and benefits may vary according to location, level, skills, experience and role eligibility.