Senior Software Engineer, Cloud Platform

The role

You will design and build the cloud platform behind Zilliz Cloud and Vector Lakebase. The work covers the control plane, database runtime, scheduling, deployment and lifecycle management across multi-cloud environments.

What you will do

• Design and build the cloud platform behind Zilliz Cloud and Vector Lakebase
• Build cloud-native systems for automated, observable, rollback-safe database provisioning, scaling, upgrades, recovery and migration
• Work across Kubernetes, multi-cloud infrastructure, networking, storage and database engine runtimes
• Improve platform scalability, reliability, performance and operational simplicity
• Partner with database, reliability and product engineers to bring new capabilities into production
• Use AI across the platform engineering workflow, including diagnosis, incident analysis, capacity planning and documentation

Required qualifications

• 3+ years of experience building production systems such as large-scale SaaS platforms, data platforms, AI applications, microservices or cloud infrastructure
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
• Strong hands-on experience with Kubernetes, Docker and at least one major cloud platform (AWS, GCP or Azure)
• Familiarity with infrastructure automation and cloud operations tooling such as Terraform, Helm, Argo CD, Prometheus, Grafana or CI/CD systems
• Strong interest in AI-assisted development and engineering productivity

Nice to have

• Experience building cloud-native platform systems, including scheduling, orchestration, deployment, upgrades, lifecycle management or resource management
• Understanding of distributed databases or database engine internals, especially scalability, performance, reliability and multi-tenant isolation

Benefits

• Competitive cash compensation and equity
• Regular bonus and equity refresh opportunities
• Medical, dental and vision insurance
• Unlimited PTO, plus sick leave and global reset/wellbeing days
• 401(k) with company match and regional retirement plans

Before you apply

• Zilliz is an Equal Opportunity Employer

About the company

Zilliz builds data infrastructure for AI, including the open-source vector database Milvus and Zilliz Cloud. The company has raised $113 million in funding and reports more than 10,000 enterprise users.