Software Engineer - Open Search/Elastic Search/Coveo Search
Caterpillar21 hours ago
Chennai, India or Bengaluru, IndiaSenior
Responsibilities
- Define and implement the long-term technical vision for a scalable and adaptable search platform.
- Participate in technical reviews, share engineering best practices, and collaborate on search-related technical challenges.
- Develop advanced search capabilities including NLP, vector search, and personalization.
- Build crawlers and web information parsing solutions for large content search systems.
- Create and optimize search capabilities using KPIs such as click-through rate, query distribution, and zero-search metrics.
- Build and operate large-scale, highly available distributed systems and low-latency APIs in cloud environments.
- Collaborate with product managers, data scientists, and engineering teams to align search initiatives with business goals.
Requirements
- Experience with web content or large-scale content search solutions.
- Experience with search products such as OpenSearch, Elasticsearch, Solr, Lucene, Coveo, or LucidWorks Fusion.
- Proficiency in Java, Python, or Scala, along with source control practices.
- Proficiency in software debugging and problem-solving techniques.
- Experience using AI code-generation tools such as Claude Code, ChatGPT, or GitHub Copilot.
- Familiarity with DevOps tools, cloud deployment, event streaming, cloud platforms, APIs, and machine learning for search relevance.
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science or a related field.
- At least 5 years of experience in search engineering and at least 2 years in a technical leadership role.
- Strong understanding of modern search technologies, cloud technologies, version control repositories, and A/B testing frameworks.
- Experience building low-latency APIs in AWS using memory-storage solutions.
- Ability to demonstrate initiative, interpersonal skills, and effective communication.
About Caterpillar
Caterpillar Inc. designs, manufactures, and services construction and mining equipment, diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines, and diesel-electric locomotives for infrastructure, resource, and energy customers. The public company, founded in 1925 and headquartered in Irving, Texas, sells primarily through an independent worldwide dealer network and provides equipment financing. It operates through Construction Industries, Resource Industries, and Energy & Transportation segments, with shares traded on the NYSE and Euronext Paris.