Senior Software Engineer - Search Platform

Algolia
London
Workplace: HybridFull timeFunction: Software EngineeringSkills: ["Communication","Problem-solving","Teamwork","Leadership","Planning"]

Senior Software Engineer to design, build, and operate the Metis cloud-based architecture for NeuralSearch, ensuring distributed systems scale for keyword and vector search. You’ll lead development, own on-call operations, collaborate with a remote-first team (Paris option), and uphold high quality and reliability while sharing expertise in distributed systems and contributing to cross-team troubleshooting.

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Algolia
Algolia
1 year ago

Senior Software Engineer - Search Platform

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Job Summary

Senior Software Engineer to design, build, and operate the Metis cloud-based architecture for NeuralSearch, ensuring distributed systems scale for keyword and vector search. You’ll lead development, own on-call operations, collaborate with a remote-first team (Paris option), and uphold high quality and reliability while sharing expertise in distributed systems and contributing to cross-team troubleshooting.
Location: London
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering

Key Responsibilities

  • •Be a key contributor to the design and development of the Metis system.
  • •Be responsible for operations for the Metis system including participation in out-of-hours on-call rota.
  • •Be responsible for the quality and soundness of the system.
  • •Share your expertise on distributed systems.
  • •Work with other teams to identify, troubleshoot and resolve high impact issues.

Key Requirements

  • •Experience designing and operating distributed systems in production.
  • •Experience working with large datasets and high traffic.
  • •Rigor in high code quality, automated testing, and other engineering best practices.
  • •Excellent spoken and written English skills.
  • •Experience at our current stage and beyond (50-200M ARR range, high growth, lots of change and building internal infrastructure).
Experience:AISaaSSearch
Skills:CommunicationProblem-solvingTeamworkLeadershipPlanning
Languages:English
Tech Stack:GoKubernetesDistributed SystemsCloudGoLangNeuralSearch

Company Brief

Algolia
Provides a hosted search and discovery API that enables developers and product teams to build fast, relevant search and discovery experiences across websites and applications with features like instant search, personalization, and analytics.
Industry: API Platforms
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Growth: Scaleup
Valuation: Unicorn (USD 1B+)
Funding: Series D
Headquarters: San Francisco, United States
Founded: 2012
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