Senior Software Engineer, Cluster & Lifecycle (EMEA)

Qdrant; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Qdrant is seeking a software engineer to design and implement features in our Kubernetes operator and control plane services, focusing on the full cluster lifecycle and production reliability in a remote-first environment.

You will design Go-based features, own provisioning, scaling, upgrades, backups, and REST or gRPC APIs for Qdrant Cloud, work across Hybrid/Private Cloud extensions, and participate in on-call rotations.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience with infrastructure, platform or distributed systems.
• Strong proficiency in Go
• Experience building Kubernetes operators or similar orchestration services
• Understanding of distributed systems concepts such as consistency and replication
• Hands-on experience with at least one major cloud provider (AWS, GCP or Azure)
• Experience designing APIs (gRPC or REST) and with CI/CD and automated testing

Responsibilities

• Design and build features in Go for Kubernetes operators and control-plane services
• Own provisioning, scaling, upgrades, configuration changes, backups and restores of clusters
• Design APIs and integrations for users and AI agents to manage Qdrant Cloud
• Close feature gaps between Hybrid Cloud and managed cloud and extend Private Cloud
• Ensure cluster operations are safe by default with controlled rollouts and clear failure handling
• Participate in on-call rotations for the services you build

Skills

Go

Kubernetes operators

Distributed systems

Cloud provider experience

API design / CI/CD

Job description

About the role

Qdrant is an open source vector search engine powering AI applications. This role owns design and implementation of features in our Kubernetes operator and control plane services, focusing on the full cluster lifecycle and production reliability for Qdrant Cloud in a remote-first environment.

What you'll do

• Design and build features in Go for Kubernetes operators and control-plane services
• Own provisioning, scaling, upgrades, configuration changes, backups and restores of clusters
• Design APIs and integrations for users and AI agents to manage Qdrant Cloud
• Close feature gaps between Hybrid Cloud and managed cloud and extend Private Cloud
• Ensure cluster operations are safe by default with controlled rollouts and clear failure handling
• Participate in on-call rotations for the services you build

What they're looking for

• 5+ years of software engineering experience with infrastructure, platform or distributed systems
• Strong proficiency in Go
• Experience building Kubernetes operators or similar orchestration services
• Understanding of distributed systems concepts such as consistency and replication
• Hands-on experience with at least one major cloud provider (AWS, GCP or Azure)
• Experience designing APIs (gRPC or REST) and with CI/CD and automated testing

For applicants in Nigeria

• The listing does not state a timezone requirement; confirm during interview if needed
• The listing specifies remote work but does not name Nigeria specifically; the location is remote from EMEA, confirm eligibility during outreach
• The listing does not state pay currency or salary range; confirm during interview
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