Software Engineer, Vespa Cloud & Enterprise (Java)

Does it sound interesting to work on an open source platform managing the data and real-time search and inference for some of the largest companies in the world Would you thrive on building the services that let companies deploy scale and run AI search applications on a fully managed cloud platform or in their own Kubernetes clusters If so we want you to join our team at as a Software Engineer Vespa Cloud & Enterprise (Java)!

About :

is a team of passionate builders. We maintain and develop the Apache 2.0 licensed open-source AI search platform Vespa.

Vespa is a fully featured search engine and vector database. It supports vector search (ANN) lexical search and structured data search all in a single query. Integrated machine-learning model inference enables the application of AI to make sense of data in real time. Together with Vespas proven scalability and high availability this empowers to create production-ready search applications at any scale and with any combination of features. Our users and customers are #1 in e-commerce content and financial services globally and are powering companies such as Perplexity Spotify Yahoo Wix and many more.

In addition to our open-source platform develops and runs Vespa Cloud a robust SaaS offering that allows businesses to harness the power of our technology with ease.

At we are extremely focused on automating everything we do to grow fast and maintain high all roles we scale through technology not simply by adding larger teams. We take pride in being small nimble and the most productive.

Position overview

Vespa Cloud runs Vespa applications for our commercial customers across AWS GCP and Azure. Behind it is a set of Java services that provision infrastructure orchestrate deployments across zones autoscale clusters enforce security and access control and expose the APIs our customers use every day. For customers who need to run Vespa in their own environment Vespa Enterprise provides the Vespa Kubernetes Operator which brings the same automated operations to any Kubernetes cluster. Features in both reach paying customers quickly and directly.

We are seeking Java engineers to help develop and improve these services. Depending on your background you will implement new capabilities in the Vespa Cloud control plane and integrate with cloud provider APIs or develop and maintain the Vespa Kubernetes Operator or both. You will work closely with the engineers operating the platform to make it more reliable and self-service. We welcome candidates early in their career as well as experienced engineers; what matters is strong fundamentals and the drive to learn.

At our Trondheim office we work office-first: you will be based on-site most of the time with the flexibility to work from home/remotely when needed as agreed with your manager.

Responsibilities

• Design implement and maintain Java services in the Vespa Cloud control plane and the Vespa Kubernetes Operator.
• Develop features that customers depend on: deployment orchestration autoscaling access management monitoring billing and self-service tooling.
• Integrate with cloud provider APIs (AWS GCP Azure) and the Kubernetes API.
• Write automated tests and contribute to our continuous integration and delivery pipelines.
• Collaborate with the SRE and core platform engineers on reliability and operability of new features.
• Take part in investigating and resolving customer-reported issues.

Qualifications

• Recent graduates with strong fundamentals are encouraged to apply.
• Strong programming skills in Java. Strong experience in similar languages (Kotlin C# Go etc.) will also be considered.
• Computer Science degree or equivalent practical experience.
• Understanding of REST APIs networking basics and how services run in the cloud.
• Experience with at least one of: cloud provider APIs (AWS GCP or Azure) or Kubernetes and operator/controller development. We are hiring for both profiles.
• Good understanding of sound software engineering principles and practices.
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Fluent written and spoken English. Norwegian is not required.

Desired Skills

• Experience developing Kubernetes operators or controllers (e.g. Java Operator SDK Fabric8).
• Familiarity with distributed systems concepts.
• Familiarity with HTTP/2 gRPC or similar service protocols.
• Experience with CI/CD tooling such as GitHub Actions or Buildkite.
• Interest in security and access-control design.

Some of Our Tools and Services

• Java (current LTS) Maven JUnit
• AWS GCP Azure and Kubernetes
• GitHub Enterprise Cloud (including GitHub Actions) Buildkite
• Grafana Jira Cloud Slack

Why Join Us:

• Opportunities for professional growth and development as part of one of Europes most exciting start-ups!
• Be part of a cutting-edge team working on innovative search and recommendation technology.
• Work on a team where we dont believe in silos between engineers; there arent developers ops people and sysadmins. Were all engineers solving problems the smart way together!
• Competitive salary and benefits.
• Relocating to Norway Well help you settle in and offer voluntary Norwegian language training.

Required Experience:

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