Principal Software Engineer- AI 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 would you love this job?

You will join the core Redis search team to extend our Vector and Search offering. You will take part of the entire development cycle from research to design, implementation, and release to production.

You will work on complex problems related to indexing and querying, at the largest scale, influencing millions of developers worldwide.

This is a unique opportunity to extend Redis capabilities to the AI age early in the cycle.

What you’ll do:

• Research, design, and implement state-of-the-art algorithms for Redis vector search
• Optimize core algorithms for speed and resource consumption
• Investigate complex real-world issues at Internet scale
• Implement hardware-specific optimizations (e.g.: SIMD, SSD, GPU, CUDA)
• Collaborate across teams. Work closely with the broader engineer team, Support, DevOps, leading the fastest NoSQL databases in the world

What will you need to have?

• 9+ years of experience with designing and developing database, storage, or high-performance distributed systems
• Experience with AI, indexing/querying, big data, distributed systems, or storage systems
• Proficiency in at least one system language (C, C++, Rust, etc)
• Self-directed, ambitious, and eager to learn new skills and technologies
• Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Computer Science or Related Field

Extra great if you have:

• Experience with high-performance multithreaded code

• Experience with Redis

• Object Oriented expertise

• Read research papers for fun

We give back to our employees:

Our culture is what makes Redis a fun and rewarding place to work. To support you at work and beyond, we offer all our Israel team members fantastic benefits and perks:

• Competitive salaries and equity grants
• Flexible working options
• Frequent team celebrations and recreation events
• Lunch stipends
• Home internet & phone stipend
• Gym membership for a healthy mind and body
• Learning and development opportunities
• Ability to influence a high-performance company on its way to IPO

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As a global company, we value a culture of curiosity, diversity of thought, and innovation from our employees, customers, and partners. Redis is committed to a diverse and inclusive work environment where all employees’ differences are celebrated and supported, and everyone feels safe to bring their authentic selves to work. Redis is dedicated to equal employment opportunities regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national orientation, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, gender identity, gender expression, Veteran status, or any other classification protected by federal, state, or local law. We strive to create a workplace where every voice is heard, and every idea is respected.

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