Senior Search Engineer – AI/IR & Vector Tech (Remote)

Vannevar Labs; United States; Remote; USD 150,000 - 215,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, and vision

Remote-friendly with WeWork access

Unlimited PTO

401(k) match

Wellbeing stipends

Military pay top-up

Parental leave

Travel care reimbursement

Job summary

Vannevar is seeking a Senior Software Engineer with a deep passion for search and information retrieval. You will drive a state-of-the-art search system across our platforms, working closely with ML and product teams to surface mission-critical information for users.

You will design the technical strategy for search, improve latency and relevance, and apply emerging technologies to boost index quality and retrieval performance across products.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of backend software development experience.
• 3+ years in search, information retrieval, or related fields.
• Architecting, developing and deploying reliable, scalable systems.
• Expertise in IR, NLP and ML concepts (indexing, ranking, tokenization, vector search).
• Hands-on with Elasticsearch or OpenSearch; familiarity with evaluation frameworks.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, leadership and communication skills.
• U.S. Person status is required to access U.S. data systems.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement the technical search strategy for Vannevar products.
• Improve search latency and result relevance across platforms.
• Collaborate with ML, product and mission teams to translate needs into search innovations.
• Research emerging search technologies to improve index quality and performance.

Skills

Backend development

Search expertise

Information retrieval

NLP

Machine learning

Leadership

Communication

US Person status

Tools

Elasticsearch/OpenSearch

Job description

Vannevar is seeking a Senior Software Engineer with a deep passion for search and information retrieval. You will drive a state-of-the-art search system across our platforms, working closely with ML and product teams to surface mission-critical information for users.

You will design the technical strategy for search, improve latency and relevance, and apply emerging technologies to boost index quality and retrieval performance across products.