Senior AI Search engineer

Commerce Tools
London, Berlin, Munich
Workplace: HybridFull timeFunction: Data Science & Machine LearningExperience: 5+ yearsSkills: ["Creative problem-solving","Customer-focused mindset","Communication","Teamwork","Continuous learning"]

Build and evolve the retrieval layer for product discovery on a PaaS ecommerce Scala backend. Work on semantic and hybrid retrieval—from query understanding through the vector index—aiming for faster, cheaper, and measurably better search across large enterprise catalogs. Collaborate with Product Management and DevOps, test for usability/performance, and rotate on-call with a worldwide team. Hybrid role with time in Munich, Berlin, London, or Valencia offices.

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Commerce Tools
Commerce Tools
1 day ago

Senior AI Search engineer

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Job Summary

Build and evolve the retrieval layer for product discovery on a PaaS ecommerce Scala backend. Work on semantic and hybrid retrieval—from query understanding through the vector index—aiming for faster, cheaper, and measurably better search across large enterprise catalogs. Collaborate with Product Management and DevOps, test for usability/performance, and rotate on-call with a worldwide team. Hybrid role with time in Munich, Berlin, London, or Valencia offices.
Location: London, Berlin, Munich
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Data Science & Machine Learning
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Design and implement search functionalities in a PaaS ecommerce Scala backend.
  • •Develop scalable, multi-tenant search architecture.
  • •Analyze user needs and discuss technical approaches.
  • •Test software components for usability, functionality, and performance in collaboration with Product Management and DevOps.
  • •Participate in on-call rotations for production systems with a worldwide distributed team.

Pay and Benefits

Perks:Health InsuranceLearning BudgetParental LeaveEquity Participation

Key Requirements

  • •5+ years of experience as a Software Engineer working in search.
  • •Experience building search solutions on engines such as Elasticsearch (preferred), Solr, OpenSearch, or similar.
  • •Experience improving and learning new technologies and concepts.
  • •Fluent English communication skills for international teams.
  • •A genuine curiosity to use AI tools to work smarter and to learn and apply them in the role.
Experience:5+ years
Skills:Creative problem-solvingCustomer-focused mindsetCommunicationTeamworkContinuous learning
Languages:English
Tech Stack:ScalaElasticsearchSolrOpenSearchVector SearchHybrid SearchLearning-to-rankRe-rankerREST APIsEvent-driven architecturesQueuesShardingReplicationLoad balancingFailoverHelmKubernetesRustSemantic retrievalVector index

Company Brief

Commerce Tools
Provides a frontend-as-a-service platform for headless commerce, enabling teams to build, deploy, and manage composable storefronts. Integrates with commercetools and other backend services to deliver omnichannel customer experiences.
Industry: SaaS
Company Size: Medium (51 to 250 employees)
Growth: Growth Stage Startup
Headquarters: Berlin, Germany
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