Search Engineer

Location: Remote
Compensation: To Be Discussed
Reviewed: Fri, May 15, 2026
This job expires in: 30 days

Job Summary

Search Engineer, a full-time position focused on modernizing and optimizing the search experience using AI and information retrieval techniques, collaborating with various teams to enhance user experience.

Key Responsibilities
  • Design and improve retrieval relevance systems and build learning-to-rank, personalization, and recommendation systems
  • Develop scalable APIs and retrieval services to integrate custom ML models for enhanced search experiences
  • Perform offline analysis and run production A/B experiments to evaluate changes to the search experience
Required Qualifications
  • Strong software engineering skills with experience in Python and distributed data/search platforms
  • 5+ years of experience with Elasticsearch or OpenSearch-based search platforms
  • Familiarity with search relevance metrics and experimentation frameworks
  • Experience with observability and search infrastructure tooling
  • Ability to mentor team members and a strong test-and-learn mindset

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