Staff Platform Engineer | Category-Defining AI Infrastructure & Vector Search | Remote
Location:
Berlin Kreuzberg, Berlin, Germany
Salary:
Competitive
Job Type:
Permanent
Date Posted:
10 days ago
Expiry Date:
26/03/2026
Job Ref:
BH-125198
Start Date:
09/02/2026
Contact:
Thomas Dobbie
Contact Email:
thomas.dobbie@xcede.de
Specialism:
SoftwareSoftware Engineering & ArchitectureCloudCloud Engineering & ArchitectureDevOpsGermany
Staff Platform Engineer | Category-Defining AI Infrastructure & Vector Search | Remote
The Opportunity
We are a leading open-source engine and managed cloud provider at the heart of the AI revolution. Our platform serves as the "memory" for modern AI, powering high-scale search, recommendation, and data discovery for global enterprises.
We are looking for a Senior Platform Engineer—a "builder of builders"—to join our core Cloud Platform team. This is a pure software engineering role focused on building the primitives and abstractions that power our managed cloud offering.
The Mission: Engineering at Scale In this role, you aren’t just managing servers; you are designing the systems that make manual operations obsolete. You will build the control-plane components and internal APIs that allow our entire engineering organization to scale.
The Opportunity
We are a leading open-source engine and managed cloud provider at the heart of the AI revolution. Our platform serves as the "memory" for modern AI, powering high-scale search, recommendation, and data discovery for global enterprises.
We are looking for a Senior Platform Engineer—a "builder of builders"—to join our core Cloud Platform team. This is a pure software engineering role focused on building the primitives and abstractions that power our managed cloud offering.
The Mission: Engineering at Scale In this role, you aren’t just managing servers; you are designing the systems that make manual operations obsolete. You will build the control-plane components and internal APIs that allow our entire engineering organization to scale.
- Architectural Leadership: Drive high-impact initiatives like gRPC migrations and the development of eventing/pub-sub foundations.
- Platform Primitives: Design and evolve core services and internal APIs used by teams across the company.
- Cloud-Native Innovation: Own and improve cluster-api components and Kubernetes abstractions using production-grade Go.
- DevEx Focus: Build the tools and abstractions that reduce cognitive and operational load for our global engineering org.
- Experience: 5 years in software engineering with a focus on platform, infrastructure, or distributed systems.
- The Stack: High proficiency in Go; experience with Python is highly preferred.
- Cloud-Native DNA: Deep expertise in Kubernetes and cloud-native architectures (experience with Operators is a major plus).
- Systems Design: Strong understanding of gRPC, event-driven architectures, and API design.
- Mindset: You treat the platform as a product and have the communication skills to drive technical alignment across remote teams.
- Pure Engineering: Focus on building primitives and long-term architectural fixes rather than day-to-day tickets.
- Total Ownership: Influence the foundational architecture of a platform used by the world’s most innovative AI companies.
- Growth: A clear trajectory toward Staff Engineer or Architecture roles.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, equity, and a fully remote, flexible work environment.
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Thomas Dobbie
Specialisms: Software, Software Engineering & Architecture, Business Analysis, Project & Programme Management