Senior Go Engineer: Remote Kubernetes Ops for Cloud DBs

qdrant.tech; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote-first culture

Health/Dental/Vision insurance

Retirement matching

Generous paid time off

Job summary

qdrant.tech is seeking a software engineer to build and operate cloud database provisioning and management systems. You will work on distributed systems and Kubernetes orchestration in Go, focusing on upgrades, scaling, backups, and reliable recovery for customers.

You will own production systems, develop APIs (gRPC/REST), and collaborate with engineering, product, operations, and support teams. Remote-first role with international colleagues and a strong on-call culture.

Qualifications

• Strong proficiency in Go and experience building Kubernetes operators or controllers.
• Understanding of distributed systems including replication and recovery from failures.
• Experience designing gRPC or REST APIs and familiarity with CI/CD and automated testing.

Responsibilities

• Develop Kubernetes operators and control-plane services for managing cloud clusters.
• Build lifecycle capabilities for provisioning, scaling, upgrades, configuration changes, backups, and restores.
• Design APIs and integrations that let people and AI agents manage cloud services.
• Extend private and hybrid cloud capabilities and address gaps with managed cloud features.
• Make operational changes safer through controlled rollouts and clear handling of failures.
• Join on-call rotations for services you build and respond to incidents.

Skills

Go

Kubernetes operators

Distributed systems

APIs (gRPC/REST)

CI/CD

On-call readiness

Job description

qdrant.tech is seeking a software engineer to build and operate cloud database provisioning and management systems. You will work on distributed systems and Kubernetes orchestration in Go, focusing on upgrades, scaling, backups, and reliable recovery for customers.

You will own production systems, develop APIs (gRPC/REST), and collaborate with engineering, product, operations, and support teams. Remote-first role with international colleagues and a strong on-call culture.