Senior Backend Search Engineer (Elasticsearch/Scala)

About the role

You'll be a Senior Search Engineer on the Search Team, building modern search experiences for ecommerce customers using Elasticsearch and Scala. You'll work on scaling multi-tenant search solutions for ambitious brands in a PaaS environment.

What you'll do

• Design and implement search functionalities in a PaaS ecommerce Scala backend
• Develop in a scalable and multi-tenant architecture
• Analyze user needs and discuss technical approaches
• Test software components for usability, functionality, and performance
• Participate in on-call rotations with worldwide distributed team for production systems

What you'll need

• 5+ years of experience as a Software Engineer working in search
• Experience building search solutions on top of Elasticsearch, Solr, OpenSearch, or similar engines
• Aspiration to constantly improve and learn new technologies
• Fluent English communication skills for international teams
• AI Aptitude: curiosity for using AI tools effectively with drive to learn and apply them

Nice to have

• Experience with modern search stacks and strategies (Vector and Hybrid Search, Learning to rank, Re-ranker)
• Experience developing REST APIs and knowledge of scalable event-driven architectures
• Experience with Scala or other functional programming languages
• Experience with infrastructure technologies like Helm, Kubernetes, and Rust

What they offer

• Comprehensive health benefits including mental health support through OpenUp
• Annual learning budget with access to self-paced platforms and language training
• Family Leave Plus with additional fully paid parental leave weeks
• Equity participation program to share in company success