Senior Engineering Manager (Search Retrieval)

TL;DR

Senior Engineering Manager (Search Retrieval): Leading the Search Retrieval Domain within Global Discovery, building and operating systems that power customer search across all brands with an accent on global scalability, low latency, and high availability. Focus on architectural evolution from legacy systems toward modern retrieval and indexing paradigms and collaborating across product and engineering to shape long-term search strategy.

Location: Must join the team for face-to-face connection and collaboration in Berlin campus 2 days a week

Company

hirify.global is the world’s pioneering local delivery platform operating in over 70 countries worldwide.

What you will do

• Lead the domain responsible for the foundational components of our customer search experience.
• Manage and mentor engineering managers and senior ICs across three or more squads.
• Lead squads responsible for our core retrieval services ensuring global scalability, low latency, and high availability.
• Define, monitor, and improve domain-level SLOs and SLAs.
• Translate tribe-level objectives into a clear technical roadmap for the retrieval domain.
• Collaborate with Product to shape long-term search strategy and investment.

Requirements

• Proven architectural excellence and deep leadership experience.
• Experience leading multiple squads through managers and scaling teams.
• Deep understanding of search internals: indexing, retrieval, query processing, ranking, vector search, caching, and distributed search architectures.
• Proven track record of operating or building Tier-1, highly available distributed systems.
• Experience defining technical roadmaps, evolving architectures, and driving engineering practices.
• Skilled at partnering with Product to translate business priorities into feasible engineering plans.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid working model and face-to-face connection and collaboration in Berlin campus 2 days a week.
• 27 days holiday with an extra day on 2nd and 3rd year of service.
• 1.000 € Educational Budget, Language Courses, Parental Support and access to the Udemy Business platform.
• Health Checkups, Meditation, Yoga, Gym & Bicycle Subsidy.
• Employee Share Purchase Plan, Sabbatical Bank, Public Transportation Ticket Discount, Life & Accident Insurance, Corporate Pension Plan.
• Digital Meal Vouchers, Food Vouchers, Corporate Discounts.