At Algolia, we’re proud to be a pioneer and market leader in AI Search, empowering 17,000+ businesses to deliver blazing-fast, predictive search and browse experiences at internet scale. Every week, we power over 30 billion search requests — four times more than Microsoft Bing, Yahoo, Baidu, Yandex, and DuckDuckGo combined.
In 2021, we raised $150 million in Series D funding, quadrupling our valuation to $2.25 billion. This strong foundation enables us to keep investing in our market-leading platform and serving incredible customers like Under Armour, PetSmart, Stripe, Gymshark, and Walgreens.
Empower developers and business users with the tools to maximize their use of Algolia’s Search platform. Our team builds advanced analytics, debugging tools, and applications that enhance keyword search capabilities, helping customers make data-driven decisions.
The Search team at Algolia runs the world’s fastest and most relevant search engine We operate one platform that covers ALL retrieval methods - keyword, semantic, db, and others. We eat, breathe, and sleep highly available and highly reliable services (4 9s is our minimum threshold). We build products that enable anyone to easily connect any data source and retrieve and collate content across multiple data sources. We inform our customers how best to optimize their discovery engines through automation and products. We run both the public cloud and our own bare metal because we demand the best performance. And, we are just getting started.
Our AI Search team is a remote-first, multicultural group committed to innovation and inclusion. We focus on three key areas of search: Understanding, Ranking, and Retrieval. We are looking for a Product Leader to drive the long-term vision and execution of AI Search.
As a Director of Product for AI Search, you will:
You might be a great fit if you have:
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FLEXIBLE WORKPLACE STRATEGY:
Algolia’s flexible workplace model is designed to empower all Algolians to fulfill our mission to power search and discovery with ease. We place an emphasis on an individual’s impact, contribution, and output, over their physical location. Algolia is a high-trust environment and many of our team members have the autonomy to choose where they want to work and when.
We have a global presence with offices in Paris, NYC, London, Sydney and Bucharest, however we also offer many of our team members the option to work remotely either as fully remote or hybrid-remote employees. Positions listed as "Remote" are only available for remote work within the specified country. Positions listed within a specific city are only available in that location - depending on the role it may be available with either a hybrid-remote or in-office schedule.
WE’RE LOOKING FOR SOMEONE WHO CAN LIVE OUR VALUES:
We’re looking for talented, passionate people to help build the world’s best search and discovery technology. We value autonomy, diversity, and collaboration. We’re committed to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone is respected and supported—regardless of race, age, ancestry, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, color, veteran status, disability, or socioeconomic background.
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If you share our values and our enthusiasm for building the world’s best search & discovery technology, we’d love to review your application!
Algolia, the world’s only end-to-end AI Search solution, helps businesses and developers understand their online users and show them exactly what they need. Algolia is the one-stop shop for AI search and works by feeding an array of signals into multiple AI models that understand user intent and surface personalized results that meet business needs. The company uses this deep understanding to create exceptional customer experiences, and to drive revenue growth for customers.
Algolia achieves its vision by enabling more than 17,000 customers to build blazing fast and relevant search experiences for their in-app users and/or online visitors by surfacing the desired content instantly and at scale.
Algolia was recently named a Leader in the inaugural 2024 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Search and Product Discovery Algolia's journey to leadership is underpinned by its unwavering commitment to three foundational pillars Speed, Ease of Use, and Scale.
Algolia is known for its blazing fast speed with results returned in a staggering 1 to 20 milliseconds, Algolia's AI search eclipses industry standards by up to 200-fold, setting a new benchmark for user satisfaction and ROI optimization. The platform's ease of use empowers rapid implementation and effortless integration, Algolia's APIs catalyze swift go-to-market strategies. Augmented by SDKs and a robust code library, the platform streamlines development while offering unparalleled analytics capabilities, ensuring every interaction is finely tuned to perfection. And, as the preeminent hosted search engine globally, Algolia processes a staggering 1.7 trillion searches annually. With an index housing over 30 billion records and operating at an awe-inspiring 99.999% availability, Algolia empowers enterprises to scale unprecedented heights of user-centricity.
Founded in 2012 in Paris, the company grew and subsequently moved its headquarters to San Francisco to expand its operations and penetrate the North American market.
