7 months ago
Remote, United StatesSenior
Base Salary
$190k - $260k/yr
Responsibilities
- Architect, prototype, maintain, and optimize scalable distributed indexing pipelines for web-scale data.
- Research and apply NLP, ranking, and machine learning methods to improve index quality, freshness, and retrieval performance.
- Collaborate with data engineers, ML engineers, and product teams to integrate features and user signals into search systems.
- Profile and optimize indexing workflows for low latency and high throughput.
- Define success metrics, run experiments, benchmark systems, and analyze results.
- Monitor current research in information retrieval, large language models, and distributed systems and apply relevant ideas to the search stack.
Requirements
- Proven experience in search indexing, information retrieval, or large-scale data systems.
- Strong programming skills in Rust or C++ and Python.
- Solid understanding of algorithms, data structures, and distributed systems.
- Experience with experimental design, prototyping, and translating research into production.
- Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
- A Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
Benefits
- Remote position open to candidates based in the United States, with co-working spaces in the San Francisco Bay Area and New York.
- Hubs offer regular in-person gatherings and co-working sessions.
- Flexible PTO, U.S. holidays, and a week-long December shutdown.
- Health insurance covers 100% of the policyholder and 75% of dependents.
- 12 weeks of paid parental leave in the United States.
- 401(k) program with a 3% match, vested immediately.
- $500 work-from-home stipend available within the first year after starting.
- $600 technology stipend for eligible hybrid/remote team cell phone and internet expenses.
- $1,200 annual health and wellness allowance.
- Opportunity to collaborate with a team at the forefront of AI research.
About You.com
You.com builds AI search infrastructure and Web Search APIs that let developers and enterprises retrieve real-time, citation-backed web and domain data for AI agents and applications, powered by vertical-specific indices. It also operates a consumer AI search engine and chat interface. Founded in 2020 and headquartered in San Francisco, the privately held company monetizes through API and enterprise offerings that integrate search and reasoning into software and workflows.