Senior Search Engineer — AI-Driven Data Retrieval

GovDash; New York (NY); On-site; USD 190,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

A government contract technology firm in New York City seeks a Software Engineer (Search) to enhance search and recommendation systems. The ideal candidate has over 3 years of backend development experience in TypeScript and Node.js, and familiarity with data pipelines. Responsibilities include designing services, building retrieval pipelines using embeddings, and working collaboratively across teams to deliver data-driven features. Competitive salary range is $190,000-$220,000 plus equity.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Strong backend development experience with TypeScript / Node.js.
• Experience with search systems, data pipelines, or recommendation engines.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and scale backend services that power search and recommendations.
• Create retrieval pipelines using embeddings to search large document sets.
• Collaborate closely with product and engineering peers.

Skills

Backend development

TypeScript

Node.js

Data pipelines

Search systems

Collaborative communication

Tools

React

Next.js

Temporal

Job description

A government contract technology firm in New York City seeks a Software Engineer (Search) to enhance search and recommendation systems. The ideal candidate has over 3 years of backend development experience in TypeScript and Node.js, and familiarity with data pipelines. Responsibilities include designing services, building retrieval pipelines using embeddings, and working collaboratively across teams to deliver data-driven features. Competitive salary range is $190,000-$220,000 plus equity.