Qdrant is a cutting-edge vector database company on a mission to revolutionize how organizations manage and query unstructured data. Our open-source engine and managed cloud solutions power AI-driven search, recommendation, and data discovery at scale.
As a Senior Software Engineer on the Platform team , you will work on the core cloud platform that enables all other engineering teams at Qdrant. You’ll design and evolve shared services, control-plane components, and internal APIs that power our managed cloud offering and support enterprise-grade deployments.
This role is about building platform primitives and abstractions , not day-to-day operations. You’ll focus on reducing complexity, improving developer productivity, and driving architectural evolution across the cloud platform.
Tasks
- Design and evolve core platform services and internal APIs consumed by multiple teams
- Drive architectural initiatives such as gRPC migration, eventing / pub-sub foundations, and platform refactors
- Own and improve control-plane and cluster-api components
- Build platform abstractions that reduce operational and cognitive load for other teams
- Write production-grade Go code for platform services and internal tooling
- Collaborate closely with Regions & Clusters, Resilience, and Features teams to enable delivery through platform primitives
- Improve platform scalability, reliability, and developer experience through thoughtful design
- Support production systems and incident response when needed, with a focus on long-term fixes
Requirements
Must have
5+ years of experience as a software engineer working on platform, infrastructure, or distributed systemsStrong proficiency in Go and Python , or deep expertise in one with willingness to work regularly with bothSolid experience with Kubernetes and cloud-native architecturesStrong understanding of distributed systems and API designExperience building and operating production systems used by other engineers or teamsComfortable working cross-team and driving technical alignmentOwnership mindset and clear communication skillsNice to have
Experience with gRPC, event-driven architectures, or control-plane systemsFamiliarity with Kubernetes operators or cluster-level abstractionsBackground in SaaS, database, or systems-level product companiesExperience with observability tooling (Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry)Contributions to open-source projectsBenefits
Competitive salary, equity, and benefitsFully remote setup with flexible working hoursHigh-impact role with strong ownership and architectural influenceOpportunity to work on a core platform used across the entire companyClear growth path toward Staff Engineer or Architecture rolesIf you enjoy building platforms that enable others to move faster, reduce complexity, and scale reliably, we’d love to hear from you. Join us and help shape the foundation of Qdrant Cloud.
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Qdrant is powering the next generation of AI applications with advanced, high-performant vector similarity search technology. Our flagship product is the leading open-source Vector Search Engine. https : / / github.com / qdrant / qdrant