TL;DR

Senior Staff Software Engineer (Search Platform): Lead the development of a next-generation, Gen AI driven search platform with an accent on building scalable, reliable, and cloud-native search infrastructure. Focus on designing and implementing complex lexical and vector search systems, driving architecture decisions, and mentoring engineers.

Location: Remote - United States

Salary: $266,000 - $372,400 USD

Company

%hirify_global% is a large online community platform hosting over 100,000 active communities and 116 million daily active users, focused on authentic conversations and information sharing.

What you will do

Lead technical strategy, architecture, and implementation of %hirify_global%’s next-generation search engine integrating lexical, vector retrieval, and Gen AI applications.
Collaborate with product engineers across multiple teams to deliver high-quality, low-latency search experiences.
Define best practices for observability, reliability, and operational excellence in large-scale distributed systems.
Mentor engineers in scalable search infrastructure design and DevOps/SRE principles.
Work closely with infrastructure and ML teams to evolve the search platform for %hirify_global%’s growing user base.

Requirements

Must be located in the United States or able to work remotely from the US.
10+ years of software engineering experience with cloud-native search and retrieval systems.
3+ years of technical leadership experience architecting and scaling distributed systems.
Expertise in lexical and vector retrieval technologies such as Milvus, Vespa, Elasticsearch, Lucene, and Tantivy.
Proficiency with Kubernetes, AWS, GCP, and containerized workloads.
Strong communication and mentoring skills.

Culture & Benefits

Comprehensive healthcare and income replacement programs.
401k match and family planning support.
Gender-affirming care and mental health benefits.
Flexible vacation, global days off, and generous parental leave.
Paid volunteer time off.