Senior Software Engineer Platform

October 15, 2026

Remote

Senior

Germany

Description

Qdrant is an open-source vector search engine company building the retrieval infrastructure layer for modern AI, backed by $50M in Series B funding and used by companies like Canva, HubSpot and Bosch. The company is hiring a Senior Software Engineer for its Platform team to design core cloud services, control-plane components and internal APIs that power the managed cloud offering. The role focuses on building platform primitives and architectural evolution rather than day-to-day operations. This is a remote-first, full-time position.

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
Support production systems and incident response when needed, with a focus on long-term fixes

Requirements

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
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

Conditions

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
Full-time employment
US-based employees get 401k match, health, dental, and vision insurance, plus flexible PTO policy

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