Senior Software Engineer, Cloud Platform (EMEA) (Fully Remote)

Qdrant; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote-first

Flexible working hours

Open-source culture

Job summary

Qdrant is seeking a highly skilled backend engineer to design, build, and operate core control-plane services in Go within a remote-first, international team. You will focus on scalable APIs (gRPC/REST) and containerized deployments on Kubernetes, while improving security, auditing, and authentication workflows.

Ideal candidates have 5+ years of backend experience, deep Go expertise, and familiarity with Terraform, Prometheus, Grafana, and OpenTelemetry to support robust, observable systems.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience with focus on platform, backend, or infrastructure.
• Strong proficiency in Go and experience with APIs (gRPC/REST) in production.
• Solid experience running services on Kubernetes and knowledge of OAuth2/OIDC authentication.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate core control-plane services in Go.
• Work on platform-wide concerns like security, audit, and authentication/authorization plumbing.
• Improve developer experience and delivery through CI/CD, testing, and safety checks.

Skills

Go

APIs (gRPC/REST)

Kubernetes experience

Tools

Terraform

Prometheus

Grafana

OpenTelemetry

Job description

• Design, build, and operate core control-plane services in Go.
• Work on platform-wide concerns like security, audit, and authentication/authorization plumbing.
• Improve developer experience and delivery through CI/CD, testing, and safety checks.

Who You Are:

• 5+ years of software engineering experience with focus on platform, backend, or infrastructure.
• Strong proficiency in Go and experience with APIs (gRPC/REST) in production.
• Solid experience running services on Kubernetes and knowledge of OAuth2/OIDC authentication.

Nice to Have:

• Experience building internal platforms or developer tooling used by other teams.
• Background in SaaS, database, or systems-level product companies.
• Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code (Terraform), Prometheus, Grafana, or OpenTelemetry.

Why Join Us:

• Remote-first, international team working on cutting-edge AI infrastructure.
• Competitive salary with additional perks and flexible working hours.
• High ownership, real impact, and an open-source engineering-driven culture.

Qdrant

Qdrant is an open-source vector search engine powering the next generation of AI applications, from semantic search to AI agents. Trusted by global leaders like Canva and HubSpot, we are a rapidly growing, remote-first company that raised $50M in Series B funding and is committed to shaping the future of AI.