VP of Engineering

Qdrant

VP of Engineering leading and growing engineering organization at open-source vector search platform for AI applications. Partnering with leadership to shape technical direction and build an engineering culture.

Posted 4/25/2026full-timeRemote • 🇪🇺 Anywhere in EuropeLeadWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSAzureCloudDistributed SystemsGoogle Cloud PlatformKubernetesRust

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead and scale a distributed engineering organization across core database infrastructure, cloud platform, and developer experience — owning hiring, culture, and team design
Partner with the leadership team on product roadmap and architectural decisions, translating company strategy into executable engineering plans
Drive reliability, performance, and velocity across Qdrant's core engine, Qdrant Cloud, Hybrid Cloud, and emerging products like Cloud Inference and Qdrant Edge
Establish engineering excellence: code quality standards, incident response, observability, and the operational rhythm needed to run a production database at scale
Work closely with Product, Developer Relations, and Customer Success to ensure engineering efforts are tightly aligned with the needs of Qdrant's developer community and enterprise customers
Define and own the engineering hiring plan to meet aggressive growth targets, with a focus on Rust, distributed systems, and ML infrastructure talent
Champion a culture of rigor, ownership, and craft — the kind of culture that builds a custom storage engine from scratch because the off-the-shelf solution isn't fast enough

Requirements

What you’ll need

10+ years in engineering leadership, including senior roles in cloud/platform engineering
Experience building and scaling B2B SaaS platforms
Proven track record in managing distributed teams
Deep experience with Kubernetes and cloud-native architectures
Experience operating high-scale, production-critical infrastructure
Experience with enterprise security and compliance frameworks
Strong background in distributed systems
Experience running large-scale infrastructure in AWS/GCP/Azure
Deep knowledge of observability, reliability engineering, and automation
Strong understanding of DevOps, CI/CD, and infrastructure-as-code

Benefits

Comp & perks

Shape the future of AI infrastructure
Lead cloud strategy at a fast-growing open-source company
Work with a globally distributed, high-talent engineering team
Competitive compensation + equity
Remote-first culture

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Hard Skills & Tools

RustKubernetescloud-native architecturesB2B SaaS platformsdistributed systemsobservabilityreliability engineeringautomationDevOpsCI/CD

Soft Skills

leadershipteam designculture buildingcollaborationownershiprigorcommunicationstrategic planningincident responseengineering excellence