Remote Search Engineer – Ultra-Fast, Scalable IR Architect

BairesDev; Mexico; On-site; PHP 4,866,000 - 7,299,000; Full time

Job summary

BairesDev is hiring a Search Engineer to design and optimize high-performance search systems, serving as the technical link between raw data and intuitive discovery. You will balance accuracy with speed and scalability while collaborating with a global team.

The role focuses on building production-grade search clusters and implementing advanced features to enhance user experience, with 100% remote work and competitive compensation in USD.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in software engineering with a focus on search systems and information retrieval.
• Proven expertise in building and managing production-grade search clusters using Elasticsearch, OpenSearch, or Solr.
• Deep understanding of Lucene internals, indexing strategies, and query DSL.
• Hands-on experience with relevance tuning, scoring models like BM25, and query optimization.
• Proficiency in implementing hybrid search features and distributed search architectures.
• Advanced proficiency in English.

Responsibilities

• Architect and maintain distributed search clusters to handle large-scale data sets and high query volumes.
• Develop advanced indexing strategies and data pipelines to ensure content is searchable and fresh.
• Fine-tune relevance scoring and ranking algorithms to deliver the most helpful results to the end user.
• Optimize complex search queries and DSL configurations to maintain ultra-low latency.
• Implement modern search features like hybrid search, auto-complete, and semantic retrieval to enhance user experience.

Skills

Search systems

Information retrieval

Distributed search

BM25 relevance tuning

English proficiency

Hybrid search

Tools

Elasticsearch

OpenSearch

Solr

Lucene

Job description

BairesDev is hiring a Search Engineer to design and optimize high-performance search systems, serving as the technical link between raw data and intuitive discovery. You will balance accuracy with speed and scalability while collaborating with a global team.

The role focuses on building production-grade search clusters and implementing advanced features to enhance user experience, with 100% remote work and competitive compensation in USD.