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Staff Backend Engineer, Search

Backend EngineerSoftware EngineerFull TimeRemoteTeam 1,001-5,000Since 2017Company Site LinkedIn

Location

United States

Posted

17 days ago

Salary

$250K - $300K / year

Bachelor Degree7 yrs expEnglishElastic SearchType Script

Job Description

• Design and implement robust search solutions that scale with our rapidly growing user base • Improve search relevance, accuracy, and speed to deliver the most relevant results to users at blazing fast speeds • Improve our real-time indexing pipelines to ensure search results remain up-to-date • Create measurement frameworks to evaluate and improve search quality • Build and enhance vector search capabilities to power next-generation search experiences • Collaborate with AI, backend, and product teams to integrate search into new features • Troubleshoot complex search-related issues at scale • Mentor junior engineers and contribute to engineering best practices

Job Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field
7+ years of experience as a search engineer or in a directly related role
Strong expertise in search technologies, particularly OpenSearch / ElasticSearch
Experience measuring and optimizing search quality
Experience with high-volume, distributed data processing systems
Proven ability to optimize query parsing, indexing, and relevance tuning for search systems
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate effectively across teams
Hands-on experience with vector embeddings and semantic search implementations (preferred)
Experience with TypeScript in backend systems (preferred)
Track record of architecting search solutions that maintain performance under heavy load (preferred)
Experience applying machine learning and NLP to enhance search relevance (preferred)
Knowledge of information retrieval concepts and search evaluation metrics (preferred)