Senior Search Engineer — ML-Driven Retrieval & Relevance

Workato; Palo Alto (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company is seeking a Senior Software Engineer specializing in Search/Retrieval. The candidate will lead the design and optimization of intelligent search systems leveraging machine learning. The ideal applicant will have a deep understanding of information retrieval, experience in backend engineering, and a passion for solving complex search challenges. This role offers a dynamic working environment in Palo Alto, California.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of backend engineering experience with 3+ years in search or information retrieval.
• Strong proficiency in Python and hands-on experience with search engines.
• Experience with relevance evaluation metrics like NDCG, MRR, MAP.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development of advanced search systems for millions of documents.
• Deploy learning-to-rank models to optimize relevance.
• Architect next-gen search infrastructure and drive improvements in performance.

Skills

Backend engineering

Python

Search engines (Opensearch or Elasticsearch)

Information retrieval concepts

Text processing and NLP

Large-scale distributed systems

Education

Bachelors/Masters/PhD in Statistics, Mathematics, or Computer Science

Job description

A leading technology company is seeking a Senior Software Engineer specializing in Search/Retrieval. The candidate will lead the design and optimization of intelligent search systems leveraging machine learning. The ideal applicant will have a deep understanding of information retrieval, experience in backend engineering, and a passion for solving complex search challenges. This role offers a dynamic working environment in Palo Alto, California.