Vectara

Senior Platform Software Engineer

Vectara

Overview

Role involves building and scaling core infrastructure for a retrieval-augmented generation platform.

Ideal candidate has 5+ years of backend development experience and proficiency in modern DevOps practices.

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Locations

  • United States

Requirements

  • 5+ years experience in backend systems
  • Proficiency in Go, Python, or Java
  • Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools
  • Deep experience with GCP, AWS, Onprem, or Azure
  • Strong understanding of Docker and Kubernetes
  • Experience with observability tools
  • Familiarity with data infrastructure like Kafka or Spark

Responsibilities

  • Design and maintain scalable backend services
  • Drive infrastructure automation and CI/CD
  • Collaborate with teams to optimize ML/NLP workloads
  • Lead initiatives for system reliability and scalability
  • Champion best practices in code quality and DevOps

Benefits

  • 100% paid Medical, Dental, Vision
  • Generous paid time off
  • Professional development opportunities
  • Company virtual happy hours
  • Team building activities