Senior Software Engineer, Database Systems

What you'll do

• Design and build database modules across storage, query execution, indexing, load balancing, resource management, and distributed execution.
• Develop engine architecture for lake-native capabilities, elastic scaling, multi-tenancy, and AI workloads; own cloud stability and production improvements.
• Contribute to engineering tooling and the Milvus open-source community through design docs, code, reviews, and technical discussions.

What they ask for

• 3+ years building database systems, distributed systems, storage or query engines, search systems, or large-scale data infrastructure.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Systems programming ability in one or more of C++, Go, or Rust.
• Deep understanding of distributed systems and database internals, including consistency, performance, fault tolerance, query execution, storage, and indexing.

Nice to have

• Experience with large-scale cloud-native databases, storage systems, search systems, or data platforms.
• Open-source contributions in databases, storage, search, Kubernetes, or distributed systems.

Pay

USD 175,000–250,000 (per-year-salary) — base salary

Tools

Milvus, C++, Go, Rust, Kubernetes

AI focus

Design database capabilities for AI and agent workloads, and use AI-assisted coding, testing, documentation, and design drafts to improve engineering workflow.