Software Engineer, Vector Search

Company: Coactive AI
Location: San Jose
Posted on: March 21, 2025

Job Description:

As a Software Engineer working at CoactiveAI, you will play a crucial role in designing, building, and maintaining our ML platform. As a specialist in the area of vector databases, your expertise will guide and refine how we leverage this technology in our research and development and in our product offerings. You will work closely with Research Scientists, ML Engineers, and Software Engineers to optimize how we apply vector databases to our ML challenges, and how we configure, deploy, and manage them in production.What you'll do:

• Design, implement, and maintain scalable vector database solutions to support our ML use cases.
• Collaborate with ML Engineers and Platform Engineers to plan and optimize how we implement similarity and semantic search.
• Implement observability tooling and practices appropriate to assessing ML Ops across the platform.
• Build scalable and resilient ML infrastructure using a combination of managed services and Cloud Native tooling.What we're looking for:
  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Software Engineering, Mathematics, Computer Science or a related field.
  • 5+ years of experience and proficiency in programming languages such as C++, Java or Python.
  • A strong understanding of how vector search strategies are implemented.
  • Experience deploying and operating vector databases (e.g., Milvus, Pinecone, pgvector, etc.) in production.
  • Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, Google Cloud, or Azure.
  • Solid understanding of containerization and orchestration technologies like Docker and Kubernetes.
  • Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
  • Preferred Qualifications:
    • Familiarity with Multimodal AI.
    • Experience with model interpretability and explainability tools.What you can expect from us:This is a hybrid position based in San Jose, California, or San Francisco, California.The estimated annual base salary for this position is between $166,000-$220,000.At Coactive, cash salary is only one part of our total compensation package. Other benefits for this position include, but are not limited to:
      • Equity grants
      • 100% medical, dental, & vision coverage for you
      • Medical, dental, & vision partially covered for your dependents
      • Unlimited PTO
      • Social events ranging from book clubs, happy hours, and hiking to board game nights and games of Mario Kart.Further, you can expect a supportive work environment from us. We build products, but we develop people.Join us in revolutionizing how businesses harness the power of machine learning to unlock the potential of unstructured data. If you're passionate about driving innovation and delivering unparalleled customer experiences, we'd love to have you on board.*Actual pay is dependent on an individual candidate's professional background, experience, skills and qualifications, as well as market demand and business demands. This pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. The salary, other compensation, and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting.
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Keywords: Coactive AI, San Jose , Software Engineer, Vector Search, IT / Software / Systems , San Jose, California