Senior Software Engineer, Vector Index Research
Core
Building core vector retrieval capabilities and production-grade vector indexing systems for massive embedding datasets.
Role type
Senior IC research engineer (vector databases)
Builds
Vector indexing and retrieval systems for Milvus, Zilliz Cloud, and Vector Lakebase
Domain
AI infrastructure / Vector databases / High-performance computing
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
ANN algorithms, index structures, quantization, compression, recall optimization, CPU/GPU acceleration, high-performance retrieval frameworks, performance optimization, engineering taste
Preferred skills
reading research papers, evaluating new algorithms, building prototypes
Technologies
Milvus, Zilliz Cloud, Vector Lakebase
Responsibilities
Read papers and evaluate new algorithms; build prototypes; turn promising ideas into production-grade vector indexing and retrieval systems
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
