Senior Search Backend Engineer
commercetools9 hours ago
London, United KingdomSenior
Responsibilities
- Design and implement search functionality in a Scala ecommerce backend.
- Develop search-related libraries using Elasticsearch and MongoDB.
- Maintain scalable, multi-tenant search infrastructure on Kubernetes using Terraform.
- Develop and test server-side components for usability, functionality, and performance.
- Build REST APIs and scalable architectures involving sharding, replication, load balancing, and failover.
- Collaborate with Product Management and DevOps and participate in worldwide production on-call rotations.
Requirements
- At least 5 years of software engineering experience working with JVM languages.
- Experience related to search, preferably with Elasticsearch.
- Practical experience developing server-side JVM systems and REST APIs.
- Understanding of parallel and asynchronous programming and non-blocking I/O.
- Knowledge of scalable and event-driven architectures, including queues, notification topics, sharding, replication, load balancing, and failover.
- Interest in Scala and pragmatic functional programming patterns; experience with Scala or other functional languages is preferred.
- Experience with infrastructure work and technologies such as Helm, Kubernetes, and Rust is preferred.
- Fluent English for working in international teams and a willingness to learn and apply AI tools.
Benefits
- Comprehensive health benefits for employees and dependents, including access to OpenUp mental health support.
- Annual learning budget, self-paced learning platforms, language training, coaching, mentorship, and leadership programs.
- Additional fully paid parental leave through the Family Leave Plus program.
- Equity participation program.
- Hybrid work arrangement with three days per week in the Munich, Berlin, London, or Valencia office.
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About commercetools
commercetools builds a cloud-native, API-first commerce platform used by enterprises to run B2C and B2B storefronts across channels. Its SaaS products provide headless commerce, catalog, checkout, and order management that developers integrate via microservices and SDKs, sold by subscription with enterprise support. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in Munich, it serves global brands; public references include Sephora, Volkswagen Group, NBCUniversal, and Danone.