Who We Are & Why Join Us
Avathon is revolutionizing industrial AI with a powerful platform that enables businesses to harness the full potential of their operational data. Our technology seamlessly integrates and contextualizes siloed datasets, providing a 360-degree operational view that enhances decision-making and efficiency. With advanced capabilities like digital twins, natural language processing, normal behavior modeling, and machine vision, we create real-time virtual replicas of physical assets, enabling predictive maintenance, performance simulation, and operational optimization. Our AI-driven models empower companies with scalable solutions for anomaly detection, performance forecasting, and asset lifetime extension—all tailored to the complexities of industrial environments.
Cutting-Edge AI Innovation – Join a team at the forefront of AI, developing groundbreaking solutions that shape the future.
High-Growth Environment – Thrive in a fast-scaling startup where agility, collaboration, and rapid professional growth are the norm.
Meaningful Impact – Work on AI-driven projects that drive real change across industries and improve lives.
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Position Summary:
We are looking for a Kernel Engineer with a focus on Indexing and Query Optimisation to join our Index team. You will work on designing and evolving the indexing and schema subsystem of our graph database. Do you have a strong interest in database indexes, query performance, and algorithm design? Are you excited by building indexing systems that support complex graph queries, similarity search, and emerging GenAI workloads then this role shall excite you.
You’ll be part of a highly skilled engineering team that values technical rigor, clean design, and honest engineering discussions. Our team has a mix of highly proficient people from multiple fields such as Machine Learning, AI and Data Scientist, Software Engineering, Operations, and Big Data Analytics. We have a strong culture of collaboration, and plenty of opportunity to learn, make an impact, and grow!
What You Will Do:
- Build and ship features related to:
- Indexes
- Constraints
- Schema evolution
- Design and optimise indexing subsystems for graph workloads
- Work on:
- Property and composite indexes
- Graph-aware query optimisation
- Vector and similarity search capabilities
- Support complex workloads across large-scale graph datasets
- Write high-quality, testable, and efficient code
- Profile and optimise indexing and query execution performance
- Collaborate with product managers to define the index roadmap
- Explore and integrate new indexing techniques and research ideas
- Use innovation time to experiment with new index designs
- Strong interest in how database indexes work internally
- Proficiency in algorithm and data structure design
- Proficiency in C++ and/or Scala
- Experience working with graph databases or query engines
- Understanding of multi-threaded systems
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- A collaborative and humble engineering mindset
- Experience with Lucene or search/index engines
- Knowledge of B-Trees, LSM trees, inverted or vector indexes, Various Search Algorithms
- JVM performance tuning experience
- Experience working on large-scale database systems
- 4+ years of experience
- Languages: C++, Scala
- Graph Stack: JanusGraph, TinkerPop
- Focus Areas: Kernel systems, indexing, transactions, schema, query execution
- Engineering Values: Performance, correctness, simplicity, and long-term maintainability
**A PLUS if you provide the link to your GitHub Website
Avathon is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, pregnancy, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other protected category under applicable federal, state, and local laws.
Avathon is committed to providing reasonable accommodations throughout the recruiting process. If you need a reasonable accommodation, please contact us to discuss how we can assist you.
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What We Do
Avathon, a leader in Industrial AI, extends the life of critical infrastructure while advancing the journey toward full autonomy. Avathon’s Industrial AI platform empowers commercial and government customers with scalable, secure, and value-driven solutions that enhance efficiency and resilience across heavy industry.
