Software Team Lead (NoSQL)

TL;DR

Software Team Lead (NoSQL): Leading a small team in hands-on C coding to develop and improve hirify.global's NoSQL database with an accent on defining technical roadmaps, architectural decisions, and ensuring performance/reliability at massive scale. Focus on mentoring team members, fostering technical excellence, and taking full ownership from concept to production in a high-performance database environment.

Location: Hybrid in Israel

Company

hirify.global is a product company that develops and improves one of the world’s fastest and most highly-regarded NoSQL databases.

What you will do

• Lead and manage a small team, with hands-on coding in C for hirify.global database development.
• Define technical roadmaps and make key architectural decisions.
• Drive performance and reliability for massive scale systems.
• Mentor team members and foster technical excellence.
• Take full ownership of projects from concept to production.
• Collaborate with various R&D teams and the open-source community.

Requirements

• 4+ years developing production-grade systems, with strong hands-on C/Linux experience.
• 2+ years leading engineering teams/projects to completion, including mentoring.
• Expertise in low-level programming (C/C++/Rust), memory safety, concurrency, and performance optimizations.
• Strategic thinking for roadmaps and architecture in Agile environments.
• Excellent communication for distributed teams.

Nice to have

• Experience with NoSQL databases.
• OSS contributions or async IO networking.
• Distributed applications experience.

Culture & Benefits

• Value a culture of curiosity, diversity of thought, and innovation.
• Commitment to a diverse and inclusive work environment where all employees’ differences are celebrated and supported.
• Dedicated to equal employment opportunities regardless of various classifications.
• Committed to providing access and reasonable accommodation to applicants with mental and/or physical disabilities.
• Offer of employment is contingent upon the successful completion of a background check.