Senior AI Search engineer(m/f/x)

Commerce Tools
Berlin, London, Munich
Workplace: HybridFull timeFunction: Data Science & Machine LearningExperience: 5+ yearsSkills: ["Problem-solving","Communication","Curiosity","Teamwork","Trust building"]

Build the retrieval layer behind product discovery for enterprise commerce brands, advancing semantic and hybrid search toward general availability. Design and implement search functionality in a Scala PaaS ecommerce backend, develop scalable multi-tenant architecture, and evaluate user needs to shape technical approaches. Test for usability, functionality, and performance, partner with Product Management and DevOps, and participate in production on-call rotations with a distributed team.

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Commerce Tools
Commerce Tools
21 hours ago

Senior AI Search engineer(m/f/x)

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Job Summary

Build the retrieval layer behind product discovery for enterprise commerce brands, advancing semantic and hybrid search toward general availability. Design and implement search functionality in a Scala PaaS ecommerce backend, develop scalable multi-tenant architecture, and evaluate user needs to shape technical approaches. Test for usability, functionality, and performance, partner with Product Management and DevOps, and participate in production on-call rotations with a distributed team.
Location: Berlin, London, 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 architecture for search.
  • •Analyze user needs and discuss technical approaches.
  • •Test software components for usability, functionality, and performance 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

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.
  • •Strong English communication skills for international teamwork.
  • •Demonstrated AI aptitude and curiosity for using AI tools to work smarter and learn new technologies.
  • •Experience and motivation to improve search relevance and performance (e.g., vector/hybrid search, learning to rank, re-rankers).
Experience:5+ yearsSearchE-commerceAI
Skills:Problem-solvingCommunicationCuriosityTeamworkTrust building
Languages:English
Tech Stack:ScalaElasticsearchSolrOpenSearchREST APIsVector searchHybrid searchLearning to rankRe-rankerEvent-driven architectureQueuesNotification topicsShardingReplicationLoad balancingFailoverKubernetesHelmRust

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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