Senior Search Engineer

ECL Kontor; Greater London; On-site; USD 160,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative company is seeking a talented Search Engineer to shape the future of search infrastructure. This exciting role involves designing and building large-scale systems that power crawling, ranking, and retrieval processes. With a focus on optimizing search engines for efficiency and enhancing serving infrastructure, you'll play a crucial part in maintaining high uptime and reducing latency. Join a rapidly growing team that has achieved remarkable milestones in AI-powered search technology, and be part of a journey that impacts millions of users globally. If you're passionate about search technology and eager to make a difference, this opportunity is for you.

Benefits

Comprehensive health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) plan

Equity compensation

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in search-related projects is essential.
• Deep understanding of search and retrieval systems required.

Responsibilities

• Design and build large-scale infrastructure for search systems.
• Scale and optimize search engines for maximum efficiency.
• Train and evaluate ranking models, including LLMs.

Skills

Large-scale search systems

Crawling and ranking systems

Search engine optimization

Model training and evaluation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Job description

Perplexity is seeking an experienced Search Engineer

to shape the future of the search infrastructure that powers our products. If you're keen on pushing boundaries and making a significant impact, this role is for you.

Responsibilities

1. Designing and building large-scale infrastructure to power crawling, ranking, and retrieval systems.
2. Scaling and optimizing search engine for maximum efficiency.
3. Enhancing serving infrastructure to reduce costs and latency while maintaining 99.9% uptime.
4. Training and evaluating ranking models, including LLMs.

Qualifications

1. Proven track record working with large-scale search and retrieval systems.
2. Self-starter with a willingness to take ownership of tasks.
3. Minimum of 5 years of working on search-related projects.
4. Deep understanding of the search and retrieval systems.

Our cash compensation range for this role is $160,000 - $250,000.

At Perplexity, we've experienced tremendous growth and adoption since publicly launching the world's first fully functional conversational answer engine just over a year ago. Our AI-powered search assistant has amassed 10 million monthly active users as of early 2024, with our mobile apps installed over 1 million times across iOS and Android devices. In 2023 alone, we served over 500 million queries from users around the globe.

To support our rapid expansion, we've raised significant funding from some of the most respected investors in technology. In January 2024, we raised $73.6 million in a Series B round led by IVP, with participation from NVIDIA, Jeff Bezos' investment fund, NEA, Databricks, and other prominent firms. We followed that up with a $62.7 million Series B1 round in April 2024 led by Daniel Gross, valuing Perplexity at over $1 billion.

Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors, including experience and expertise, and may vary from the amounts listed above.

Equity: In addition to the base salary, equity is part of the total compensation package.

Benefits: Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance for you and your dependents. Includes a 401(k) plan.

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