Senior Platform Vector Database Engineer

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November 25

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AUTHEO

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API • Web 3 • Blockchain

AUTHEO is a unique Layer-1 blockchain designed to be both developer and user-friendly. It supports a wide range of application development with unrivaled speed and low cost. Autheo serves as the backbone for innovative Web3 solutions, providing the infrastructure needed for scalable and secure projects. Additionally, it is part of Launch Legends, a project incubator focused on bringing impactful Web3 projects to life through collaboration and expert guidance.

51 - 200 employees

🔌 API

🌐 Web 3

📋 Description

• Ship production vector engine hitting 0.4 μs encrypted k-NN/HNSW search at 1 B+ QPS • Build DAG-backed clustering and topological similarity search with zero redundancy • Embed CKKS/BFV fully homomorphic encryption for exact search on encrypted embeddings • Implement zk-proof vector search returning 1–5 ms validity proofs for every result • Deploy dynamic sharding of 1 trillion+ vectors across 10,000+ global nodes • Integrate SGX/TrustZone enclaves for 1 TB+ encrypted vector storage with remote attestation • Ship 80 % lossless vector quantization/compression preserving post-quantum security • Deliver zero-config vector SDKs (Rust/Go/Python) with built-in encryption and proof generation • Drive GPU-native ANN graphs and AI-driven index rebuild prediction • Publish encrypted vector search and zk-retrieval breakthroughs at NeurIPS, SIGIR, KDD, ICML • Keynote at VectorDB Con 2026 on “1 Billion Encrypted Vector Queries/sec at 0.4 μs”

🎯 Requirements

• 8+ years building production vector databases (Milvus, Pinecone, FAISS, Weavi, Qdrant) • Multiple deployments storing ≥100 billion vectors with ≥100 M QPS • Hands-on FHE or zk-proof integration into ANN search engines • Deep expertise in HNSW, IVF-PQ, diskANN, sharding, and GPU-accelerated indexing • Proven exabyte-scale vector durability and consistency systems.

🏖️ Benefits

• This is a part time equity / token-based cofounder opportunity. • You will receive equity in Launch Legends , Autheo , and the WFO Creator Network , along with token allocations in the Autheo blockchain. • Salaried compensation is expected to begin within 4 to 5 months, following our node, token sales or funding.