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Senior Software Engineer - Database
@ VAST Data
Vancouver, British Columbia
Overview
VAST Data is hiring a Senior Backend Software Engineer to design and build backend services for its distributed, high-performance analytical and vector database. The work centres on C/C++ systems programming, distributed data structures and performance tuning for petabyte-scale AI data platforms.
Responsibilities:
- Architect and implement backend components for a distributed vector database in C/C++
- Design scalable distributed data structures and algorithms
- Build services for fast search, indexing and real-time analytics
- Optimize performance across multi-threaded and multi-node environments
Requirements summary:
- 5+ years of backend engineering with strong low-level C and C++
- Experience designing distributed backend systems at scale
- Expertise in multi-threaded programming and memory management
- Track record on high-throughput databases or vector stores
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or equivalent experience
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- First seen by our source
- 2026-10-11
- Source record updated
- 2026-11-03
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Job details
| Seniority | Senior |
| Department | Software development |
| Experience | 5+ years |
| Hours per week | 40 (estimated) |
| Work setting | Office |
| Position | Mostly sitting |
| Physical demands | physical low · computer high |
| Languages | English |
| Education | Bachelor’s degree (required) |
| Fields of study | Computer Science, Engineering |
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VAST Data
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The Operating System for the Thinking Machine.
Full company description
The Operating System for the Thinking Machine. VAST delivers the first AI Operating System, natively unifying and orchestrating storage, database, and compute to unleash the true power of agentic computing and data-intensive applications.
- LinkedIn followers
- 68,110
- People associated on LinkedIn
- 1,131
- Reported office locations
- VAST, US
- 240 37th St, New York, NY 11101, US
- 2510 Meridian Pkwy, Durham, North Carolina 27713, US
- 33 N 1st St, Campbell, California 95008, US
- Business categories
- Data Storage
- Information Technology
- Artificial Intelligence
- Data Management
- Software
- Database
- Agentic AI
- Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- AI Infrastructure
- Computer
- Other recorded names
- VAST Data
- Specialties
- AI Operating System
- Data Platform
- Unified Infrastructure
- Data Management
- analytics
- Generative AI
- Agentic AI
- Machine Learning
- Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG)
- Vector Search
- High-Performance Computing (HPC)
- GPU Acceleration
- Operational Efficiency
- Cost Management
- Cybersecurity
- Federal Government
- Data Virtualization
- Data Analytics
- Deep Learning
- DASE Architecture
- and Artificial Intelligence
- Profile identifies a recruitment agency
- No
- Reported total investment
- 1,381,000,000
Currency and observation date were not supplied; this is not a current valuation or a funding round.
The Operating System for the Thinking Machine. VAST delivers the first AI Operating System, natively unifying and orchestrating storage, database, and compute to unleash the true power of agentic computing and data-intensive applications.
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Industry | Software Development |
| Company size | 1,001-5,000 employees |
| Headquarters | VAST |
| Organization type | Privately Held |
| Year founded | 2016 |
| Specialties | AI Operating SystemData PlatformUnified InfrastructureData ManagementanalyticsGenerative AIAgentic AIMachine LearningRetrieval Augmented Generation (RAG)Vector Search |
| Open jobs on Jobsy | 7 |
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Description
VAST Data is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our growing team!
This is a great opportunity to join one of the fastest-growing infrastructure companies in history, an organization that is in the center of the hurricane being created by the revolution in artificial intelligence. Take part in the design and implementation of the internals of the next-generation hugely scalable and highly performant analytical and vector database.
"VAST's data management vision is the future of the market."- Forbes
VAST Data is the data platform company for the AI era. We are building the enterprise software infrastructure to capture, catalog, refine, enrich, and protect massive datasets and make them available for real-time data analysis and AI training and inference. Designed from the ground up to make AI simple to deploy and manage, VAST takes the cost and complexity out of deploying enterprise and AI infrastructure across data center, edge, and cloud.
Our success has been built through intense innovation, a customer-first mentality and a team of fearless VASTronauts who leverage their skills & experiences to make real market impact. This is an opportunity to be a key contributor at a pivotal time in our company’s growth and at a pivotal point in computing history.
VAST Data is looking for a Senior Backend Software Engineer to help build the engine behind the next generation of scalable, AI-native data infrastructure. In this role, you will focus on the design and development of backend services powering our massively distributed, high-performance combined analytical and vector database, a critical component of VAST's AI data platform.
This is your opportunity to work at the intersection of low-level systems programming, distributed computing, and AI infrastructure—helping us push the boundaries of backend engineering for real-time, petabyte-scale data systems.
What You’ll Do
- Architect and implement core backend components for a distributed vector database using C/C++
- Design highly scalable distributed data-structures and algorithms optimized for performance, concurrency, and fault tolerance
- Develop backend services that enable fast search, efficient indexing, and real-time analytics over massive datasets
- Optimize system performance across multi-threaded and multi-node environments
- Ensure low-latency, high-throughput data access and manipulation across global deployments
- Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to translate backend capabilities into real-world impact
Requirements
What We’re Looking For
Must Haves:
- 5+ years of experience in backend engineering, with strong proficiency in low-level C and C++
- Hands-on experience designing and building distributed backend systems or infrastructure at scale
- Experience with distributed data-structures, algorithms and system reliability patterns
- Expertise in multi-threaded programming, memory management, and performance tuning
- Proven track record of backend work on high-throughput databases, vector stores, or real-time processing engines
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience
Nice to Haves:
- Experience building or optimizing analytical or vector databases
- Familiarity with query engine internals, indexing techniques, or storage layer optimizations
- Knowledge of Python or Java for integration or tooling
- Bachelor's, Master’s or PhD in a related technical field (distributed systems, backend architecture, database internals)
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