Senior Software Engineer, Cloud Platform (EMEA)

Qdrant; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Qdrant is seeking a senior backend engineer to own core control-plane services and authentication for the Qdrant Cloud Platform. You will design, build, and operate Go-based services, with a focus on security, audit, and developer tooling.

You will implement sign-in flows for users and AI agents via API, CLI, and MCP, while improving CI/CD and testing. The role requires Kubernetes production experience and cloud provider work, with remote work options.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of backend/infrastructure experience.
• Strong proficiency in Go.
• Experience designing production APIs (gRPC or REST).
• Solid experience running services on Kubernetes in production.
• Knowledge of authentication/authorization (OAuth2/OIDC) and secure-by-default design.
• Hands-on experience with at least one major cloud provider (AWS, GCP or Azure).

Responsibilities

• Design, build and operate core control-plane services in Go.
• Own platform-wide concerns such as security, audit and authentication/authorization plumbing.
• Develop sign-in flows for people and AI agents via API, CLI and MCP.
• Improve developer experience with CI/CD, testing and safety checks on PRs.
• Strengthen observability with monitoring, logging, alerting and metrics.
• Participate in on-call rotations and incident response for platform services.

Skills

Go

Kubernetes

OAuth2

APIs

Job description

About the role

Qdrant is an open source vector search engine powering AI applications. This role owns core control plane services, authentication, security and developer tooling for the Qdrant Cloud Platform and related access points for users and AI agents.

What you'll do

• Design, build and operate core control-plane services in Go
• Own platform-wide concerns such as security, audit and authentication/authorization plumbing
• Develop sign-in flows for people and AI agents via API, CLI and MCP
• Improve developer experience with CI/CD, testing and safety checks on PRs
• Strengthen observability with monitoring, logging, alerting and metrics
• Participate in on-call rotations and incident response for platform services

What they're looking for

• 5+ years of software engineering experience with emphasis on platform, backend or infrastructure
• Strong proficiency in Go
• Experience designing and running production APIs and backend services (gRPC or REST)
• Solid experience running services on Kubernetes in production
• Knowledge of authentication and authorization (OAuth2/OIDC, tokens, API keys) and secure-by-default design
• Hands-on experience with at least one major cloud provider (AWS, GCP or Azure)

For applicants in Nigeria

• The listing states a remote role for EMEA and eligibility as emea; it does not specify Nigeria-specific constraints beyond remote-first and EMEA eligibility. Confirm interview eligibility with the employer.
• Timezone expectations are not specified beyond remote EMEA; confirm during interview.
• Contractor vs employee status is not stated; confirm with the company.
• Pay currency or range is not stated; confirm during interview.