Senior Software Engineer - Platform and Reliability (EMEA)

Qdrant is an open-source vector search engine powering AI applications. As a Senior Software Engineer – Platform and Reliability, you’ll design and operate cloud-native infrastructure, write Go code, manage Kubernetes clusters, and build internal tooling for 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.

• 5–7+ years of experience in platform engineering or SRE roles.
• Strong proficiency in Go and Python, or deep expertise in one with willingness to work with both.
• Deep experience developing Kubernetes operators.
• Solid understanding of distributed systems and microservices architecture.
• Hands-on experience with cloud providers (AWS, GCP, or Azure).
• Experience with CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code, and automation best practices.
• Comfort participating in on-call rotations and managing production incidents.
• Proactive, ownership-driven mindset with strong communication skills.
• Experience in a SaaS, database, or systems-level product company.
• Experience with Prometheus, Grafana, and service meshes (e.g. Istio, Linkerd).
• Familiarity with observability standards like OpenTelemetry.
• Contributions to open-source projects.

• A remote-first, international team working on cutting-edge AI infrastructure.
• A 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 candidates: 401k match, health, dental, and vision insurance, plus flexible PTO policy.