Senior Vector Search Engineer — High-Performance, AI-Driven

Medium; Redwood City (CA); On-site; USD 175,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation (cash + equity)

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Paid time off

Generous 401(k) and retirement plans

Job summary

Zilliz is seeking an engineer to develop the core vector retrieval capabilities for Milvus and Zilliz Cloud. You will research, evaluate, and implement new vector indexing algorithms to enhance performance and efficiency.

Ideal candidates have 3+ years in vector search, strong C++ or Rust programming skills, and a genuine interest in research-driven engineering. The position offers competitive compensation and robust benefits.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in vector search or performance-critical systems.
• Strong programming ability in C++ or Rust.
• Experience with high-performance computing systems is a strong plus.

Responsibilities

• Research and implement new vector indexing algorithms.
• Build high-performance vector indexing components.
• Optimize vector retrieval performance.

Skills

Vector search

ANN algorithms

C++

Rust

Performance optimization

Systematic debugging

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Software Engineering

Tools

GPU acceleration

SIMD/vectorization

Job description

Zilliz is seeking an engineer to develop the core vector retrieval capabilities for Milvus and Zilliz Cloud. You will research, evaluate, and implement new vector indexing algorithms to enhance performance and efficiency.

Ideal candidates have 3+ years in vector search, strong C++ or Rust programming skills, and a genuine interest in research-driven engineering. The position offers competitive compensation and robust benefits.