Senior Software Engineer , Query Processing, Munich

Firebolt is building an analytical database for modern data-intensive products and agentic AI workloads. The role focuses on improving the vectorized query engine and storage layer, requiring strong C++ and database internals experience.

• Take a key position in our R&D team and provide technical mentorship to junior engineers.
• Design, build, and maintain our cutting-edge query processing and optimization engine.
• Help shape how Firebolt supports open table formats like Iceberg, ensuring correctness, performance, and future extensibility.
• Participate in design discussions, code reviews, and performance investigations across the query processing team.
• Partner with engineers across Firebolt to deliver well-integrated, high-performance query execution features.

• Bachelor’s/Master’s/PhD in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of experience working with modern C++ on production software (our codebase uses C++20).
• Experience building production-ready multi-threaded, high-performance systems.
• Strong knowledge of database internals and/or query processing.
• Experience developing for Linux.