platform software engineer in AI infrastructure

Qdrant develops an open-source vector search engine that powers AI applications, including semantic search, retrieval-augmented generation, AI agents, and real-time recommendations. Its retrieval infrastructure layer supports modern AI applications.

• Design and evolve core platform services and internal APIs used by multiple teams
• Drive architectural initiatives, including gRPC migration, eventing and pub-sub foundations, and platform refactoring
• 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 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, focusing on long-term fixes

• At least 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 and 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 across teams and driving technical alignment
• Ownership mindset and clear communication skills
• Будет плюсом: experience with gRPC, event-driven architectures, or control-plane systems; familiarity with Kubernetes operators or cluster-level abstractions; background in SaaS, database, or systems-level product companies; experience with observability tooling (Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry); contributions to open-source projects

• Competitive salary with additional perks
• Flexible working hours and an async-friendly culture
• High ownership and real impact
• Open-source, engineering-driven culture
• Choose your own laptop equipment
• US-based full-time employees receive a benefits package including 401k match, health, dental, and vision insurance, plus flexible PTO