via Remote Rocketship
$90K - 150K a year
Design and implement scalable search solutions and mentor junior engineers.
7+ years experience in search engineering with expertise in OpenSearch/ElasticSearch and strong analytical skills.
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 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) Benefits: • Equity • 401k • Health, Dental, and Vision insurance • Spending accounts • Life & Disability • Paid parental leave • Flexible paid time off • Enhanced employee assistance program • Employee wellness stipend • Professional development stipend
This job posting was last updated on 6/9/2026