Senior Software Engineer (Backend)

TL;DR

Senior Software Engineer (Backend): Design and develop backend services for a next-generation scalable, AI-native analytical and vector database with an accent on distributed data-structures, concurrency, and performance. Focus on architecting and optimizing backend components for real-time, petabyte-scale data systems in a distributed environment.

Company

hirify.global is a leading data platform company building enterprise software infrastructure for AI-era data management, enabling real-time data analysis and AI training across data center, edge, and cloud.

What you will do

• Architect and implement core backend components for a distributed vector database using C/C++
• Design highly scalable distributed data-structures and algorithms optimized for performance, concurrency, and fault tolerance
• Develop backend services enabling fast search, efficient indexing, and real-time analytics over massive datasets
• Optimize system performance across multi-threaded and multi-node environments
• Ensure low-latency, high-throughput data access and manipulation across global deployments
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to translate backend capabilities into real-world impact

Requirements

• 5+ years of backend engineering experience with strong proficiency in low-level C and C++
• Experience designing and building distributed backend systems or infrastructure at scale
• Expertise in multi-threaded programming, memory management, and performance tuning
• Proven track record with high-throughput databases, vector stores, or real-time processing engines
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience

Nice to have

• Experience with analytical or vector databases
• Familiarity with query engine internals, indexing techniques, or storage layer optimizations
• Knowledge of Python or Java for integration or tooling
• Advanced degrees in distributed systems, backend architecture, or database internals