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Senior Staff Software Engineer, Indexing & Retrieval Platform

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about 3 hours ago
Remote, United States
Senior / Staff+
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Base Salary

$279k - $391k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Lead the technical strategy, architecture, and implementation of the ML Indexing & Retrieval engine.
  • Partner with product engineers to deliver high-quality experiences across various teams.
  • Define best practices for observability, reliability, and operational excellence.
  • Mentor engineers in designing scalable infrastructure and adopting DevOps principles.
  • Collaborate with infrastructure and ML teams to evolve the platform.

Requirements

  • 10+ years of experience in software engineering, specializing in Indexing and Retrieval systems.
  • 3+ years in technical leadership, architecting and scaling distributed systems.
  • Deep expertise in large-scale data platforms, including batch indexing and stream processing.
  • Proven experience designing and operating large-scale, low-latency retrieval services.
  • Expertise in lexical and vector search retrieval technologies.
  • Skilled in designing cloud-native architectures and managing containerized workloads.
  • Adept at translating complex technical challenges into actionable strategies.
  • Strong communicator and mentor who leads through collaboration and technical excellence.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive Healthcare Benefits and Income Replacement Programs.
  • 401k with Employer Match.
  • Global Benefit programs that fit your lifestyle.
  • Family Planning Support.
  • Gender-Affirming Care.
  • Mental Health & Coaching Benefits.
  • Flexible Vacation & Paid Volunteer Time Off.
  • Generous Paid Parental Leave.

Tech Stack

Apache AirflowApache FlinkApache SparkAWSDockerElasticsearchGoGoogle Cloud PlatformJavaKubernetesPython

Categories

AI & MLBackendData EngineeringDevOps