Responsibilities
- Design and develop Search and Indexing components for Algolia’s NeuralSearch platform.
- Operate search systems in production, including participation in an out-of-hours on-call rotation.
- Ensure the quality, reliability, and soundness of distributed systems.
- Apply expertise in distributed systems to solve complex scalability and architecture challenges.
- Collaborate with other teams to identify, troubleshoot, and resolve high-impact issues.
Requirements
- Experience designing and operating distributed systems in production.
- Experience working with large datasets and high-traffic systems.
- Strong commitment to code quality, automated testing, and engineering best practices.
- Excellent spoken and written English skills.
- Experience working in a high-growth company at the current stage and beyond, including building internal infrastructure.
Benefits
- Flexible workplace options including fully remote, hybrid-remote, or office-based work in Paris, subject to location requirements.
- Autonomy to choose where and when to work within Algolia’s flexible workplace model.
- Inclusive and diverse work environment with emphasis on autonomy, collaboration, and employee impact.
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About Algolia
Algolia is a leading AI search and discovery platform, powering more than 1.75 trillion queries each year for over 18,000 businesses worldwide. Its unified keyword and vector search engine delivers exceptional speed, scalability, and relevance, enabling companies to build intelligent, agentic, and generative experiences through tools such as Agent Studio. Trusted by millions of developers, Algolia is redefining how modern applications connect users to information. Founded in Paris in 2012 and now headquartered in San Francisco, Algolia has spent more than a decade shaping search into a core layer of AI-driven experiences. Its platform powers retrieval-based applications across digital commerce, content discovery, and enterprise knowledge at global scale. Algolia’s leadership in AI retrieval is widely recognized. The company was named a Leader in the 2025 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Search and Product Discovery and in multiple IDC reports for search and knowledge discovery. It consistently ranks among the highest-rated platforms in G2, reflecting strong customer satisfaction across enterprise and ecommerce use cases. A Forrester Total Economic Impact study found that organizations using Algolia can achieve a 213 percent return on investment over three years, with payback in under six months and a net present value of $3.1 million, driven by improved relevance, automation, and revenue gains. With a focus on speed, ease of use, and scale, Algolia is defining the future of AI-powered discovery.