Lead Software Engineer, Search & Big Data

The Recruiting Hive; North Carolina; On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

The Recruiting Hive is seeking a Software Engineer in the United States to design and implement scalable software focusing on search technologies. You will translate business and technical requirements into clean code, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and lead features across modules.

Ideal candidates bring 4+ years of experience, strong Java/Scala/Python skills, and deep knowledge of search systems, REST services, and large-scale architectures.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field.
• Minimum of 4 years of professional software development experience.
• Proficiency in Java, Scala, and Python.

Responsibilities

• Analyze, design, develop, and test software programs with a focus on search technologies.
• Translate requirements into scalable, maintainable code with industry practices.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand product requirements.

Tools

Java

Scala

Python

RESTful services

Search technologies

Lucene

Solr

Large-scale search

Big Data

Hadoop ecosystem

Linux/Unix

Database design

Spring Boot

Spring Framework

Gradle

NoSQL databases

MongoDB

Cassandra

DynamoDB

MySQL

PostgreSQL

Docker

Kubernetes

Performance optimization

Stress testing

Graph Search

Vector databases

LLMs

New Relic

Job description

The Recruiting Hive is seeking a Software Engineer in the United States to design and implement scalable software focusing on search technologies. You will translate business and technical requirements into clean code, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and lead features across modules.

Ideal candidates bring 4+ years of experience, strong Java/Scala/Python skills, and deep knowledge of search systems, REST services, and large-scale architectures.