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Senior Software Engineer, Database Systems

Zilliz
CompanyZilliz
CategoryEngineering
LocationRedwood City
RemoteHybrid
EmploymentFull-time
LevelSenior
SalaryUSD 175k–250k
Posted15 May 2025
Last verified30 Jul 2026
SourceEmployer career page (lever)
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Description
Zilliz is a fast-growing startup developing the industry’s leading vector database for enterprise-grade AI. Founded by the engineers behind Milvus, the world’s most popular open-source vector database, the company builds next-generation database technologies to help organizations quickly create AI applications. On a mission to democratize AI, Zilliz is committed to simplifying data management for AI applications and making vector databases accessible to every organization. The Database Systems team builds the core engine behind Milvus and Zilliz Cloud Vector Lakebase; spanning storage, query execution, indexing, load balancing, resource management, and distributed system architecture. We build the next generation of vector databases around three Natives: AI-Native: Born for AI and Agent workloads, with native support for vector data and semantic retrieval Cloud-Native: Designed for elastic scaling and large-scale operation in the cloud Lake-Native: Built on a data-lake architecture that works naturally with data at massive scale For this team, scalability, performance, cost efficiency, and reliability are the core engineering goals.
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Senior Software Engineer, Database Systems — Zilliz · Job Opportunities API