Senior Software Engineer (Query Processing)

TL;DR

Senior Software Engineer (Query Processing): Design, build, and maintain cutting-edge query processing and optimization engine with an accent on supporting open table formats like Iceberg, ensuring correctness, performance, and extensibility. Focus on vectorized query engine improvements, distributed query processing, and integration with AI inference engines.

Location: Munich (onsite, as part of the team here in Munich)

Salary: €120,000 – €150,000

Company

hirify.global is building an extremely efficient, Postgres-compliant analytical database for agentic AI workloads, running from laptop to cloud clusters.

What you will do

• Provide technical mentorship to junior engineers in the R&D team.
• Design, build, and maintain the query processing and optimization engine.
• Shape support for open table formats like Iceberg with focus on performance and extensibility.
• Participate in design discussions, code reviews, and performance investigations.
• Partner with engineers to deliver high-performance query execution features.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s/Master’s/PhD in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent
• 5+ years with modern C++ (C++20) on production software
• Experience building production-ready multi-threaded, high-performance systems
• Strong knowledge of database internals and/or query processing
• Experience developing for Linux
• Strong background in high-performance code for network/SSD/CPU-heavy computation

Nice to have

• Experience with large-scale or distributed systems/query processing

Culture & Benefits

• Work with exceptional engineering team on challenging data problems for top tech companies.
• Well-funded company focused on high-impact product development.