Search Engineer (Solr, Alibaba OpenSearch - Elasticsearch Service)

AVEVA Asia Pacific Sdn Bhd; Kuala Lumpur; Hybrid; MYR 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

AVEVA Asia Pacific Sdn Bhd is seeking a Search Engineer to join the Kuala Lumpur AI & Digital Delivery hub. You will shape and deliver fast, relevant search experiences across partner portals, leveraging Solr, Elasticsearch, and Alibaba OpenSearch to support product catalogues, docs, and knowledge bases.

You will design search architectures, optimize multi-region deployments, and develop relevancy models and AI-enhanced search features, collaborating with backend teams and stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Must have hands-on experience with enterprise search platforms (Solr/Elasticsearch/OpenSearch).
• Strong back-end programming skills in C#, Python, or Java.
• Familiarity with NLP concepts for search and semantic understanding.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement search architecture for AVEVA platforms.
• Configure and optimize Solr/Elasticsearch/OpenSearch for multi-region workloads.
• Develop relevancy models, scoring, synonyms, and query analysis.
• Build search APIs, indexing pipelines, and AI-enhanced search features.
• Monitor performance and continuously improve search quality based on metrics.
• Work with backend teams to integrate search into customer portals.

Skills

Solr

Elasticsearch

Alibaba OpenSearch

C#

Python

Java

NLP basics

Vector search

Learning to Rank

Job description

Search Engineer (Solr, Alibaba OpenSearch - Elasticsearch Service)

AVEVA is a global leader in industrial software. Our cutting-edge solutions are used by thousands of enterprises to deliver the essentials of life – such as energy, infrastructure, chemicals and minerals – safely, efficiently and more sustainably.

We’re the first software business in the world to have our sustainability targets validated by the SBTi, and we’ve been recognized for the transparency and ambition of our commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion. We’ve also recently been named as one of the world’s most innovative companies.

If you’re a curious and collaborative person who wants to make a big impact through technology, then we want to hear from you! Find out more at AVEVA Careers.

Job Title: Search Engineer

Employment Type: Regular, full-time, hybrid work arrangement

The job

We are looking for a Search Engineer to join AVEVA’s newly established AI & Digital Delivery hub in Kuala Lumpur. In this role, you will shape and deliver fast, relevant, and AI-enhanced search experiences across customer and partner portals. You will work with technologies such as Solr, Elasticsearch, and Alibaba OpenSearch to support discovery across product catalogues, documentation, partner resources, and knowledge bases, helping users find the right information quickly and confidently.

Key responsibilities

• Design and implement search architecture for the Unified Partner Experience and customer portal platforms.
• Deploy, configure, and optimise Solr, Elasticsearch, and/or Alibaba OpenSearch for multi-region search workloads.
• Develop search relevancy models, including scoring, boosting, synonyms, and query analysis.
• Build search APIs, indexing pipelines, faceted search, auto-complete, type-ahead, and AI-enhanced search features.
• Monitor search performance, relevancy metrics, and user behaviour to continuously improve search quality.
• Strong hands-on experience with Apache Solr and/or Elasticsearch, including cluster management, schema design, and query tuning.
• Experience designing search relevancy models, scoring approaches, indexing pipelines, and ETL processes.
• Proficiency in at least one backend language such as C#, Python, or Java.
• Understanding of NLP fundamentals for search, including tokenisation, stemming, and entity recognition.
• 5–8 years of experience in search engineering or information retrieval, including production-scale search delivery.

Desired skills

• Familiarity with cloud-managed search services such as Azure Cognitive Search, AWS OpenSearch, or Alibaba OpenSearch.
• Experience with vector search, semantic search, embeddings, RAG patterns, CJK tokenisation, Kafka, or Learning to Rank models.
• Curiosity and aspiration to keep learning emerging search, AI, and information retrieval technologies.
• Strong analytical, data-driven, and user-focused mindset, with the ability to build trust through measurable search improvements.
• Additional proficiency in Mandarin is an advantage, as the role may involve supporting stakeholders and business activities in Mandarin-speaking markets.

IT at AVEVA

Our global team of 300+ IT professionals is responsible for the systems and platforms that keep AVEVA running. By empowering our colleagues and ensuring the smooth operation of the company, we help keep the business healthy and productivity high. We also provide key support for the transformation and modernisation efforts globally.

We pride ourselves on a collaborative, inclusive and authentic culture that provides a framework allowing for autonomy, whilst always being available for support and guidance. We respect the differences that each team member brings and seek to include those perspectives in our solutions for our business functions. The energy and sense of purpose is evident when talking to team members, you will feel part of something special from the first day you join.

Find out more: https://www.aveva.com/en/about/careers/

AVEVA requires all successful applicants to undergo and pass a comprehensive background check before they start employment. Background checks will be conducted in accordance with local laws and may, subject to those laws, include proof of educational attainment, employment history verification, proof of work authorization, criminal records, identity verification, credit check. Certain positions dealing with sensitive and/or third party personal data may involve additional background check criteria.

AVEVA is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to being an exemplary employer with an inclusive culture, developing a workplace environment where all our employees are treated with dignity and respect. We value diversity and the expertise that people from different backgrounds bring to our business.

Come and join AVEVA to create the transformative technology that enables our customers to engineer a better world.