Senior Software Engineer, Qdrant

• 3–5+ years of experience in platform engineering, infrastructure, or SRE roles
• Strong proficiency in Go and Python, or deep expertise in one and willingness to work with both
• Deep experience managing Kubernetes clusters and developing/operating Kubernetes operators
• Solid grasp of distributed systems and microservices architecture
• Hands-on experience with cloud providers (AWS, GCP, or Azure)
• Understanding of CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code, and automation best practices
• Comfort participating in on-call rotations and managing production incidents
• A proactive, ownership-driven mindset and strong communication skills

Desirable

• As a Senior Platform Engineer, you’ll be a key contributor to the design and operation of our cloud-native infrastructure. You will build and scale a reliable, cost-efficient platform that enables fast iteration and secure delivery of our vector database solutions to customers around the world
• This role sits at the intersection of software engineering and infrastructure. You’ll write production-grade Go code, manage Kubernetes at scale, and design internal tooling and systems that enable developer autonomy and operational excellence
• Design, implement, and operate our cloud-native platform architecture
• Build and maintain Kubernetes clusters and develop custom Kubernetes operators
• Write production-grade Go code for platform services and automation tooling
• Optimize cloud infrastructure (AWS/GCP/Azure) for performance, cost, and reliability
• Improve observability across the platform through monitoring, logging, and alerting
• Automate workflows and integrations across systems and tools
• Collaborate with engineering, operations, and data teams to understand and support their infrastructure needs
• Contribute to incident response, root cause analysis, and system hardening
• Continuously improve performance, developer experience, and reliability at scale