Engineering Lead - Search (Hybrid) with OpenSearch

Remote Worker LTD.; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Moonpig Group is seeking an Engineering Lead for Search to guide a talented team across London or Manchester. You will blend hands-on coding with technical leadership to shape search experiences that power customer connections.

You’ll mentor engineers, drive architectural decisions, and collaborate with product and platform teams while maintaining a strong focus on performance, reliability and delivery in a hybrid setup.

Qualifications

• Strong OpenSearch or similar search-engine experience required.
• Senior engineering background with leadership responsibilities.
• Ability to mentor engineers and guide technical direction.

Responsibilities

• Lead a search engineering team, align with product goals.
• Contribute to coding efforts 50-75% and deliver initiatives.
• Drive architectural decisions and best practices.
• Foster knowledge sharing and engineering excellence across the team.

Skills

OpenSearch expertise

Team leadership

Mentoring

Hands-on coding

Tools

OpenSearch

Job description

Moonpig Group is seeking an Engineering Lead for Search to guide a talented team across London or Manchester. You will blend hands-on coding with technical leadership to shape search experiences that power customer connections.

You’ll mentor engineers, drive architectural decisions, and collaborate with product and platform teams while maintaining a strong focus on performance, reliability and delivery in a hybrid setup.