Remote Lead Software Engineer - Semantic Search

Commerce; Austin (TX); Teletrabalho; USD 182 000 - 259 000; Tempo integral

Vantagens oferecidas por esta oferta de emprego

Remote-first

Workspace options

Resumo da oferta

Commerce is seeking a Lead Software Engineer, Search to architect and scale semantic search across our OpenSearch-based platform. You will blend traditional keyword matching with vector embeddings, driving a hybrid search capability that supports high-throughput data discovery across our ecosystem.

The role demands hands-on leadership, deep OpenSearch experience, and a passion for building scalable search infrastructure with low latency.

Qualificações

• 7+ years of professional software development with leadership experience.
• Hands-on OpenSearch/Elasticsearch expertise at scale.
• Experience implementing semantic and hybrid search with vector embeddings.
• Strong backend skills in Go, Java, or Scala; PHP experience helpful.
• Proficiency with MySQL, and distributed messaging (Kafka/RabbitMQ).
• Familiarity with OpenSearch neural search, k-NN, and LTR.

Responsabilidades

• Architect semantic search capabilities using OpenSearch (BM25 + vector).
• Benchmark and tune search relevance and ranking models.
• Own data ingestion and indexing pipelines (MySQL, Kafka/RabbitMQ).
• Provide technical leadership and mentor engineers.
• Ensure ultra-low latency and high availability under heavy traffic.

Conhecimentos

OpenSearch

Elasticsearch

Semantic search

Hybrid search

Go/Java/Scala

MySQL

Kafka/RabbitMQ

Docker

Kubernetes

Vector embeddings

NDCG/MRR

Learning to Rank

Ferramentas

OpenSearch

MySQL

Kafka

RabbitMQ

Docker

Kubernetes

Descrição da oferta de emprego

Commerce is seeking a Lead Software Engineer, Search to architect and scale semantic search across our OpenSearch-based platform. You will blend traditional keyword matching with vector embeddings, driving a hybrid search capability that supports high-throughput data discovery across our ecosystem.

The role demands hands-on leadership, deep OpenSearch experience, and a passion for building scalable search infrastructure with low latency.