Senior AI Search engineer(m/f/x)

The role

You will build the retrieval layer behind product discovery for commerce brands. You will design and implement search functionalities in a PaaS ecommerce Scala backend and work on semantic and hybrid retrieval.

What you will do

• Design and implement search functionalities in a PaaS ecommerce Scala backend.
• Develop in a scalable and multi-tenant architecture.
• Analyze user needs and discuss technical approaches.
• Test software components regarding usability, functionality, and performance.
• Work closely with Product Management and DevOps.
• Take part in on-call rotations with a worldwide distributed team for production systems.

Required qualifications

• 5+ years of experience as a Software Engineer working in search.
• Experience with building search solutions on top of engines, such as Elasticsearch, Solr, OpenSearch, or similar.
• Aspiration to constantly improve yourself and learn new technologies, concepts, etc.
• Fluent English communication skills to work in international teams.
• AI Aptitude: A genuine curiosity for using AI tools to work smarter and more effectively, paired with a drive to learn and put them into practice in your role.

Nice to have

• Experience using modern search stacks and strategies to optimize search relevance (Vector and Hybrid Search, Learning to rank, Re-ranker)
• Experience developing REST APIs and knowledge of scalable event-driven architectures (incl., queues, notification topics, sharding, replication, load balancing, and failover).
• Experience working with Scala or other functional programming languages.
• Experience with infrastructure work and other technologies like Helm, Kubernetes, and Rust.
• Experience with Elasticsearch (preferred)

Benefits

• Comprehensive health benefits for you and your dependents, including access to OpenUp for personalized mental health support
• Learning and development opportunities including an annual learning budget, access to self-paced learning platforms and language training, personalized coaching, mentorship, and leadership programs
• Family Leave Plus gives you additional fully paid weeks of parental leave on top of government-provided leave
• Our equity participation program allows you to share in our success

About the company

commercetools powers the next era of commerce for customers through AI-driven solutions and flexible commerce architecture. The company is a collective of builders, explorers, doers, makers, and problem-solvers.