Join VAST Data as a Senior Backend Software Engineer, where you'll develop cutting-edge AI-native data infrastructure and backend services for large-scale distributed databases. In this role, your focus will be on designing and building core backend components for VAST's innovative vector database. You will leverage your expertise in multi-threaded programming and performance tuning to optimize high-throughput systems.

This position offers a chance to work on impactful projects at the intersection of distributed computing and AI. Key Responsibilities:

- Architect backend components for a distributed vector database
- Design scalable data structures optimized for performance
- Develop services for quick search and real-time analytics




- Optimize performance in multi-threaded, multi-node environments
- Collaborate across teams to translate backend systems into impact

Requirements:

- 5+ years of backend engineering experience
- Proficiency in low-level systems programming with C/C++
- Experience with distributed systems at scale
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent
- Familiarity with backend architecture and database internals

Elevate backend engineering practices while supporting AI-driven data solutions at VAST Data.

📌 Backend Software Engineer at VAST Data (Vancouver)
🏢 Vast Data
📍 Vancouver