Senior Software Engineer Platform

About the role

Qdrant is an open‑source vector search engine powering next‑generation AI applications. As a Senior Software Engineer on the Platform team you will design and evolve the core cloud platform that enables all other engineering teams at Qdrant.

Key responsibilities

• 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.

Required profile

• 5+ years of experience as a software engineer working on platform, infrastructure, or distributed systems.
• Strong proficiency in Go and Python, or deep expertise in one with willingness to work regularly with both.
• Solid experience with Kubernetes and cloud‑native architectures.
• Strong understanding of distributed systems and API design.
• Experience building and operating production systems used by other engineers or teams.
• Comfortable working cross‑team and driving technical alignment.
• Ownership mindset and clear communication skills.

Required skills

• Go
• Python
• Kubernetes
• Cloud‑native architectures
• Distributed systems
• API design
• gRPC
• Event‑driven architectures
• Control‑plane systems
• Kubernetes operators
• Prometheus
• Grafana
• OpenTelemetry

What we offer

• Remote‑first, international team working on cutting‑edge AI infrastructure.
• Competitive salary with additional perks.
• Flexible working hours and async‑friendly culture.
• High ownership and real impact.
• Open‑source, engineering‑driven culture.
• Choose your own laptop equipment.
• For US‑based full‑time employees: 401k match, health, dental, vision insurance, and flexible PTO.