Software Engineer, Engines

About Firebolt

Firebolt is the Cloud Data Warehouse designed to handle the speed, scale, and flexibility of AI applications. By delivering ultra-low latency, high concurrency, multi-dimensional elasticity, and flexibility, Firebolt empowers organizations to build data-intensive AI applications that perform at scale. With over $270m in funding to date, a strong engineering team and highly experienced leadership, Firebolt is well positioned to revolutionize the AI data infrastructure space and help businesses unlock the full potential of their data.

About the Team

We are the Firebolt Engines team, responsible for production experience of our Engines, the core of Firebolt experience. Engines are how we define the workload a customer runs, and ultimately orchestrates all of the infrastructure to enable customers to execute their queries. This is a high impact team that gets an opportunity to collaborate with all parts of the company from the customer facing experiences to the core database teams and infrastructure.

About the role

We are working on next generation Engines infrastructure that will enable us to bring Firebolt engines experience to customers wherever they are at cutting edge speeds, while keeping highest standards of reliability. This role will be responsible for helping to build out, maintain and operate our dynamic compute and routing infrastructure, introducing new ways to bring Firebolt experience to customers.

About the day to day

Design, develop and deliver high-quality features that enhance the performance, scalability, and efficiency of our Engines Control plane and routing infrastructure.

Shape the future of Firebolt’s dynamic workloads and how customers use our product.

Actively participate in architectural discussions and code reviews, supporting informed decision-making aligned with business and engineering objectives.

Provide exceptional support for our customers, ensuring their success and satisfaction with our product and services.

Requirements

5+ years of experience building production software

Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience

Hands on experience in building production cloud-native applications on AWS, Azure, or GCP

Development experience in an object-oriented programming language. We develop in Go, C++, and some Python here and there. Experience with these languages is a plus. You are willing to understand and make cross-cutting changes in the Firebolt codebase regardless of the language.

Experience building and operating highly concurrent, highly available, and fault-tolerant distributed systems

Experience in designing, developing, testing, and deploying secure services and applications, leveraging continuous integration and continuous delivery tools

Preferred qualifications

Experience working with Kubernetes

Experience working with Terraform and/or Helm

Prior experience with C++

Experience with database internals

Experience with systems programming, OS internals, and low-latency applications

At Firebolt, we are dedicated to fostering an environment of transparency and fairness in all aspects of our operations, including compensation practices. As part of this commitment, we provide clear visibility into the pay range for each role within our organization.

The pay range listed below reflects the base salary for non-commissionable roles or on-target earnings for commissionable roles. As part of our compensation philosophy, the total compensation is tailored to each candidate and influenced by factors such as job-related skills, level of experience, relevant certifications, and geographical location, to name a few.

Local Pay Range - 150,000-300,000 per year USD

Local Benefits

Paid Time Off

Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance

FSA Plan

401k Plan

Eligibility to enroll in additional optional insurances

Bereavement, Parental, Disability and Medical Leave

Internet Reimbursement

All other benefits required by applicable law

Benefits are subject to eligibility requirements and are updated on an annual basis.