Senior Search Engineer supporting the Search Team at commercetools by building integrated search experiences using scalable architectures. Focus on search API for product discovery and analysis of user needs.
Responsibilities
Support the Search Team by building a modern, integrated search experience for our customers.
Provide them with a search API for product discovery and the foundations of search capabilities across domains.
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 regarding usability, functionality, and performance and work closely with Product, Management and DevOps.
Take part in on-call rotations with a worldwide distributed team for production systems.
Requirements
5+ years of experience as a Software Engineer working in search.
Experience with Elasticsearch (preferred), Solr, OpenSearch, or Lucene.
Background developing REST APIs and knowledge of scalable architectures (incl. sharding, replication, load balancing, and failover).
Aspiration to constantly improve yourself and learn new technologies, concepts, etc.
Fluent English communication skills to work in international teams.
AI Aptitude: A genuine curiosity for using AI tools to work smarter and more effectively, paired with a drive to learn and put them into practice in your role.
Nice to Have: Experience working with Scala or other functional programming languages.
Nice to Have: Experience with infrastructure work and other technologies like Helm, Kubernetes and Rust.
Benefits
Comprehensive health benefits for you and your dependents, including access to OpenUp for personalized mental health support
Learning and development opportunities including an annual learning budget, access to self-paced learning platforms and language training, personalized coaching, mentorship, and leadership programs
Family Leave Plus gives you additional fully paid weeks of parental leave on top of government-provided leave, so you can spend more time with your new addition
Our equity participation program allows you to share in our success
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