Senior Backend Engineer, Distributed Search & AI Pipelines

Netflix Services Poland sp. z o.o.; Warszawa; On-site; PLN 171,526 - 300,171; Full time

Job summary

Netflix Services Poland sp. z o.o. in Warsaw is seeking an engineer for the Graph Search team, responsible for building and operating a scalable Search-as-a-Service platform.

Key responsibilities include feature development, optimizing data pipelines, and managing search architecture. Ideal candidates should have foundational knowledge in backend engineering and distributed systems, with experience in technologies like Java, OpenSearch, and AWS.

The role emphasizes effective communication and a collaborative approach in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Solid foundational knowledge of backend software engineering, typically using Java.
• A strong interest in large-scale data processing and messaging workflows.
• Foundational knowledge or direct experience working with search technologies.

Responsibilities

• Implement and own backend features, search orchestration layers, and data-indexing pipelines.
• Manage and optimize search cluster architecture.
• Collaborate on throughput optimizations and low-latency metrics for real-time data movement.

Skills

Backend software engineering

Distributed systems

Search technologies (OpenSearch, Elasticsearch)

Real-time data processing

Effective communication

Tools

Java

Python

SpringBoot

ReactJS

Apache Kafka

AWS

Job description

Netflix Services Poland sp. z o.o. in Warsaw is seeking an engineer for the Graph Search team, responsible for building and operating a scalable Search-as-a-Service platform.

Key responsibilities include feature development, optimizing data pipelines, and managing search architecture. Ideal candidates should have foundational knowledge in backend engineering and distributed systems, with experience in technologies like Java, OpenSearch, and AWS.

The role emphasizes effective communication and a collaborative approach in a dynamic environment.