Senior Search Engineer
$190k - $260k • Remote • San Francisco, CA (Remote)
Posted 1mo ago
Job Location
San Francisco, CA (Remote)
Tech Stack
Remote Work Policy
Fully remote
Categories
AI Engineer
About the job
As a Search Engineer at You.com, you will blend deep analytical thinking with practical engineering skills to investigate, develop, and implement novel solutions for our search indexing systems. Your work will focus on advancing the core technology that powers our search engine, ensuring that our index is comprehensive, up-to-date, and optimized for speed and relevance. You will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to translate complex research into practical, scalable applications. This is a remote position open to candidates based in the United States.
Responsibilities
- Design, prototype, and maintain scalable, efficient, and robust distributed indexing pipelines for web-scale data.
- Research and apply state-of-the-art methods (NLP, ranking, ML) to improve index quality, freshness, and retrieval performance.
- Collaborate with data engineers, ML engineers, and product teams to integrate novel features and user signals into search systems.
- Profile and optimize indexing workflows for low latency and high throughput.
- Define success metrics, run experiments, and analyze results to guide development and measure impact.
- Stay current with research in information retrieval, large language models, and distributed systems, and apply fresh ideas to the search stack.
Requirements
- Proven experience in search indexing, information retrieval, or large-scale data systems.
- Strong programming skills in Rust/C++ and Python.
- Solid understanding of algorithms, data structures, and distributed systems.
- Experience with experimental design, prototyping, and translating research into production.
- Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
- Practical experience equivalent to a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
Benefits
- Hubs in San Francisco and New York City offering regular in-person gatherings and co-working sessions
- Flexible PTO with U.S. holidays observed and an end of year shutdown in December
- Competitive health insurance plan covers 100% of the policyholder and 75% for dependents
- Function Health membership
- 12 weeks of paid parental leave in the US
- 401k program, 3% match - vested immediately
- $500 work-from-home stipend
- $600 technology stipend for cell phone and internet expenses
- $1,200 per year Health & Wellness Allowance
- The chance to collaborate with a team at the forefront of AI research