Software Engineer, Search

TL;DR

Software Engineer (Search): Designing and implementing scalable, multi-tenant services and APIs that serve as the foundation of the Search platform with an accent on aligning the platform with company goals and industry best practices. Focus on enhancing scalability, performance, and security through proactive monitoring, testing, and optimization.

Location: Expected to be on-site 3 days per week (Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday).

Salary: $165,113 to $223,388

Company

hirify.global’s mission is to unlock the power of biotechnology.

What you will do

• Own projects end-to-end, from design and prototyping to deployment and large-scale rollout.
• Define and champion the long-term technical vision.
• Collaborate effectively with stakeholders to understand requirements and translate them into scalable infrastructure and platform services.
• Design and implement resilient APIs, distributed systems, and core infrastructure services that serve both internal and external developers.
• Ensure high availability, performance, and security through proactive monitoring, testing, and optimization.
• Mentor and support other engineers, fostering technical excellence and knowledge sharing across the team.

Requirements

• Have significant experience building, scaling, and optimizing search systems at scale.
• Experience with one of the following: Opensearch/Elasticsearch/Lucene/Solr is a requirement.
• 5+ years of experience designing and implementing highly scalable multi-tenant services & APIs with well-defined Service Level Objectives (SLOs) for internal developers.
• Ability to define and execute a multi-year platform strategy that improves system scalability, developer experience, and operational efficiency.
• Proven ability to collaborate with application teams, infrastructure teams, and product managers to translate business needs into platform capabilities.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to engage stakeholders at all levels, including senior leadership.

Nice to have

• Hands-on experience with technologies like Elastic/OpenSearch, Kafka, Kinesis, Spark, or Flink.
• Experience with deployment and configuration management tools like Terraform, Ansible, Chef, and container systems like Kubernetes or Amazon ECS.

Culture & Benefits

• Competitive total rewards package.
• Broad range of medical, dental, and vision plans for employees and their dependents.
• Four months of fully paid parental leave.
• 401(k) + Employer Match.
• Generous and flexible vacation.
• Company-wide Winter holiday shutdown.