Lead Search Engineer
We are seeking a Lead Search Engineer to join our team and contribute to the development of an eCommerce platform.
The primary goal of the project is to deliver search solutions that meet customer needs.
Responsibilities:
* Design, develop, and optimize search systems leveraging Lucene/Solr and modern embeddings.
* Apply machine learning and natural language processing techniques to improve search relevance and ranking.
* Develop scalable data pipelines and APIs for indexing, retrieval, and model inference.
* Integrate ML models and search capabilities into production systems.
* Evaluate, fine-tune, and monitor search performance metrics.
* Collaborate with software engineers and product teams to translate business needs into technical implementations.
Mandatory Skills Description:
* 5+ years of experience in Software Engineering or Data Science, with a focus on Information Retrieval or Semantic Search.
* Strong programming experience in both Java and Python.
* Deep knowledge of Lucene, Apache Solr, or Elasticsearch.
* Experience with Vector Databases, Embeddings, and Semantic Search techniques.
* Strong understanding of NLP techniques.