Senior Software Engineer – Cloud Platform

Job overview

The Senior Software Engineer – Cloud Platform role is listed in Redwood City, CA, with compensation of $175,000–$225,000 per year. Zilliz builds vector database technology to help organizations create AI applications and make vector databases accessible. The engineer builds and operates core cloud platform capabilities across cloud control plane and database runtime. The work supports faster workload placement, reliable execution, elastic scaling, multi-tenant isolation, and efficient operation of Zilliz Cloud across multi-cloud environments.

What you'll do

• Design and build cloud platform systems spanning control plane, database runtime, scheduling, resource management, deployment, and lifecycle management
• automate distributed database provisioning, scaling, upgrades, recovery, and workload migration
• work across Kubernetes, multi-cloud infrastructure, networking, storage, and database runtimes
• improve scalability, reliability, performance, and operational simplicity
• partner with database, reliability, and product engineers to bring Vector Lakebase capabilities into production
• use AI in deployment validation, diagnosis, incident analysis, capacity planning, documentation, code generation, and operational tooling.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

senior software engineer

cloud platform

vector database

kubernetes

docker

multi-cloud

distributed systems

ai infrastructure

redwood city ca

zilliz

full-time

$175k–$225k/year

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• Competitive compensation including cash and equity
• regular bonus and equity refresh opportunities
• medical, dental, and vision insurance
• paid time off, sick leave, and global reset/wellbeing days
• 401(k) and regional retirement plans.

Why this role

Requires 3+ years building production systems and hands-on experience with Kubernetes, Docker, and at least one major cloud platform. A bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent practical experience is accepted. Cloud-native platform and distributed database experience are strong pluses.

About the employer

Zilliz is hiring for this role. Industry: Software Publishers. Sector: 51.