Senior C++ Developer (Indexing Engine)

Location: Montreal, Province of Quebec, Canada

Company

hirify.global develops AI-powered search and indexing technologies for large-scale content discovery.

What you will do

• Design, develop, and optimize modern C++ code for indexing and search engine technologies.
• Improve the performance, scalability, and reliability of core indexing algorithms and infrastructure.
• Solve low-level systems challenges involving memory management, concurrency, data structures, distributed processing, and high-throughput indexing.
• Analyze existing systems, identify bottlenecks, and implement improvements to latency, throughput, and efficiency.
• Contribute to the architecture of new indexing capabilities for search and AI-powered experiences.
• Collaborate with engineering, data science, and product teams to turn complex search requirements into engine-level capabilities.

Requirements

• Approximately 5 or more years of software development experience with C++.
• Strong experience building performant, reusable, scalable, and maintainable code in complex systems.
• Solid understanding of algorithms, data structures, concurrency, and systems-level performance.
• Track record of solving complex technical problems and working resourcefully.
• C++17 or newer is a strong asset.

Nice to have

• Experience with large-scale indexing, search, or information retrieval systems.
• Experience optimizing C++ applications for latency, throughput, or memory efficiency.
• Experience developing cloud-hosted distributed systems.
• Familiarity with vector search, AI-powered search, Elasticsearch, OpenSearch, Vespa, or similar technologies.

Culture & Benefits

• Accessible employment practices and accommodation support are available during the recruitment process.
• Applications are encouraged from qualified candidates regardless of age, gender, disability, employment gaps, or national or ethnic background.