Benjamin Wagner
About Benjamin Wagner
Benjamin Wagner is an Engineering Manager at Firebolt, where he focuses on query planning and distributed query execution. He has a strong academic background in Computer Science and Mathematics from the Technical University of Munich and has held various roles in database engineering.
Work at Firebolt
Benjamin Wagner currently serves as an Engineering Manager at Firebolt, a position he has held since 2022 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany. In this role, he focuses on query planning, distributed query execution, and vectorized single-node runtime. He previously worked as Team Lead for Query Processing at Firebolt from 2021 to 2022, where he contributed to building the database engineering team. Wagner is also involved in recruiting talented database developers to enhance Firebolt's high-performance query engine.
Education and Expertise
Benjamin Wagner studied at the Technical University of Munich, where he earned a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from 2017 to 2019 and a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from 2017 to 2020. He continued his education at the same institution, achieving a Master of Science in Computer Science from 2020 to 2023. His academic background provides a strong foundation for his work in database engineering and query processing.
Background
Before joining Firebolt, Benjamin Wagner worked as a Student Research Assistant at the Technical University of Munich from 2019 to 2021 for two years. He also gained experience as a Software Engineer Intern at Snowflake in 2019, where he worked for two months in Berlin, Germany. This combination of academic and practical experience has shaped his expertise in engineering and database technologies.
Contributions to Firebolt
At Firebolt, Benjamin Wagner has contributed to a blog post on distributed query execution, showcasing his knowledge and insights in the field. His work is integral to the development of Firebolt's database solutions, particularly in enhancing the performance of query processing systems.