Senior Software Engineer - AI and Search Team

Who we are

We're Redis. We built the product that runs the fast apps our world runs on. (If you checked the weather, used your credit card, or looked at your flight status online today, you're welcome.) At Redis, you'll work with the fastest, simplest technology in the business—whether you're building it, telling its story, or selling it to our 10,000+ worldwide customers. We're creating a faster world with simpler experiences. You in?

Why You'll Love This Job

This is a unique opportunity to shape Redis capabilities to the AI age early in the cycle.
Join the core Redis Search team to solve AI's hottest problems including state-of-the-art indexing, vector/hybrid retrieval, and latency-critical serving at global scale. You'll take features from research to production, improving latency, recall, and cost for millions of developers.

What You'll Do
Design, implement and optimize core Information Retrieval algorithms, fast indexing and matching.
Investigate complex real-world issues at Internet scale
Implement hardware-specific optimizations (e.g.: SIMD, SSD, GPU, CUDA)
Partner with Redis Core/Cloud/Support, leading the fastest NoSQL databases in the world
Lead designs, mentor peers, set benchmarks, and build a reputation internally and in the community

What You Need to Have
Senior level production-grade system experience (typically 7+ years) building databases, search engines, or high-perf distributed/storage systems
Experience across vector/IR search and systems (storage or distributed), with depth in at least one
Proficiency in C/C++ or Rust, including concurrency, memory safety, and performance optimizations
Ability to think strategically, define the technical design and work breakdown, and influence architectural decisions
Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Computer Science or Related Field

Nice to Have
Experience with CI/CD pipelines and deployment tools (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, ArgoCD).
Familiarity with distributed and queue-based systems (e.g., Kafka, Temporal, Airflow).
Experience with gRPC.
B.Sc. in Computer Science or a related field.

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