Senior Search Engineer (Elasticsearch/Solr, Java)

Fantom Corp; Chantilly, Northern (VA, KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Fantom Corp is seeking an experienced Search Software Engineer to develop and optimize enterprise search capabilities for mission-critical applications. You will focus on backend Java development, search platform engineering, and big data technologies to build scalable, high-performance search and analytics solutions.

The ideal candidate has deep expertise in Elasticsearch or Apache Solr, strong backend Java development experience, and hands-on experience with distributed data processing

Qualifications

• Requires polygraph clearance and active U.S. security clearance.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related technical discipline (or equivalent experience).
• Minimum of 5 years of hands-on backend Java development experience.
• Minimum of 3 years of experience with Elasticsearch or Apache Solr.
• Experience designing search schemas and distributed search architectures.
• Strong Lucene query syntax and search optimization knowledge.
• Experience with big data environments and distributed computing frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain enterprise search solutions using Elasticsearch or Apache Solr.
• Design and implement search schemas, indexing strategies, and optimization techniques.
• Develop Lucene-based search queries to improve accuracy and performance.
• Configure and optimize Elasticsearch or Solr clusters, including shard design and replication.
• Develop backend services using Java to support search and data processing.
• Follow secure software development practices and participate in code reviews and testing.
• Develop data processing pipelines using big data technologies and distributed computing frameworks.
• Collaborate with engineers and system architects to design scalable search/analytics.

Skills

Java backend

Elasticsearch

Apache Solr

Lucene

Distributed systems

Big data

Security clearance

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related

Tools

Hadoop

Apache Spark

PySpark

HBase

Job description

Fantom Corp is seeking an experienced Search Software Engineer to develop and optimize enterprise search capabilities for mission-critical applications. You will focus on backend Java development, search platform engineering, and big data technologies to build scalable, high-performance search and analytics solutions.

The ideal candidate has deep expertise in Elasticsearch or Apache Solr, strong backend Java development experience, and hands-on experience with distributed data processing