Search Software Engineer
Dodge Construction Network2 months ago
Kochi, IndiaSenior / Staff+
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and maintain secure, scalable APIs and backend services using .NET Core and C#.
- Implement authentication, authorization, entitlements, and access-control systems.
- Design fault-tolerant distributed systems and apply event-driven architecture patterns.
- Collaborate on data ingestion and enrichment pipelines that feed search indexes.
- Develop and operate search infrastructure using Apache Solr and/or OpenSearch, including schemas, indexing, query parsing, relevance tuning, replication, and high availability.
- Diagnose search performance issues such as slow queries, indexing bottlenecks, and relevance degradation.
- Build and deploy cloud-native applications on AWS.
- Contribute to CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure-as-code for repeatable deployments.
- Use AI-assisted coding tools and review generated code before merging.
- Perform unit, integration, and performance testing and participate in code reviews.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent education and work experience.
- 5–10+ years of professional software development experience.
- Strong proficiency in .NET Core and C#, including asynchronous programming and dependency-injection frameworks.
- Experience designing and developing secure, scalable APIs for internal and client-facing systems.
- Experience with authentication, entitlements, and access-control systems.
- Strong AWS experience and knowledge of relational and NoSQL databases.
- Understanding of SDLC, Agile methodologies, and DevOps/CI/CD pipelines.
- Experience using AI-assisted development tools such as Claude, GitHub Copilot, or Codex.
- Familiarity with Apache Solr, OpenSearch, or Elasticsearch and search relevance concepts is preferred.
- Experience with CloudFormation, Terraform, CDK, Docker, ECS, or EKS is preferred.
- Knowledge of event-driven services and observability tools such as SNS, SQS, EventBridge, CloudWatch, Datadog, or Splunk is preferred.
- Knowledge of search applied to construction or AEC datasets is preferred.
Benefits
- Full-time position based in or near Kochi, India.
- Hybrid work arrangement with work from the Kochi office.
- Reports directly to the VP, Data Architecture.
About Dodge Construction Network
Dodge Construction Network builds subscription platforms that deliver commercial construction project data, analytics, and forecasting, plus tools to find work and manage relationships for contractors, manufacturers, and AEC firms. Its products combine proprietary project leads, market intelligence, and integrations with CRM/BI systems to support business development and planning. The company traces its roots to 1891 and operates as a privately held business.