Job Description
We are urgently looking for
Sr. Software Engineer (SolrCloud/ Elastic-Search, Endeca) for our Direct client requirement
TITLE: Sr. Software Engineer (SolrCloud/ Elastic-Search, Endeca)LOCATION: Sunnyvale, CA
DURATION: 6+ months
Rate: DOE
Position/Project Summary
Come help us build powerful search engines and incredible experiences for millions of Mexico eCommerce users. We’re bringing on talented engineers to help us build a world class ecosystem of search engines, relevance tools, analytics, visualizations, and more. As a Senior Software Engineer for the SolrCloud Platform group, you will lead development of a shiny new multi-tenant search platform. SolrCloud development is Java heavy, and we use a mix of other languages across the stack. Throughout 2019 we will replace four legacy Solr and Endeca search engines with your work.
You will be joining a small, tight-knit, happy team. We are focused on creating a process and environment which fosters lean, repeatable innovation. Our goal is to build best of breed search experiences that delight our customers. We are data driven and take special care in measuring and iterating on our solutions. While we use and love open source, we also file handfuls of patents on our novel ideas. And, we smile and laugh a lot.
Manager's Ideal Candidate Must-Haves
About You
- Match our Team Culture – We vibe with folks who are friendly, honest, dependable, innovative, customer centric, and data driven.
- High-energy and Self-Driven – We seek energetic teammates who don’t get stopped by circumstances.
- Growth-minded – You are a perpetual student, eager to expand your skill set and excited to carve out your career path in a hyper-growth organization (growing 200+% per year).
- A Good Team Player – You are a confident high achiever, who is nice and respectful to others.
Qualifications
- MS degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience with search systems
- 2+ years of experience working on search/ranking/relevance problems
- 2+ years experience dealing with search clusters - preferably Solr or Elastic-Search
- Fluent in Java and at least one other programming language
Manager's Preferred Qualifications (3-5 "nice to haves")
- Experience migrating Endeca or another search tech stack to SolrCloud
- Familiarity with Information Retrieval/NLP/Data Mining/Machine Learning
- Contributor to open source projects
- Experience with large indices (10M+ unique records)
