Principal Software Engineer (Lucene)

TL;DR

Principal Software Engineer (Lucene): Defining, directing, and building the next generation of hirify.globalsearch capabilities with an accent on core search infrastructure, including indexing, retrieval, and relevance. Focus on technical vision, researching advances in search infrastructure, and shaping the long-term technical roadmap for search at hirify.global.

Location: Remote globally, with hiring entities in the United Kingdom, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Norway, Poland, Spain, Sweden, and Switzerland. Not available for candidates located in Belarus, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Russia, Syria, the Crimea Region of Ukraine, the Donetsk People’s Republic, or the Luhansk People’s Republic.

Company

hirify.global is a Search AI Company providing a cloud-based platform for search, security, and observability, used by over 50% of the Fortune 500.

What you will do

• Define, lead, and contribute to the evolution of core search and indexing capabilities in hirify.globalsearch.
• Research advances in search infrastructure, data structures, and retrieval algorithms.
• Work closely with partners and product teams to understand needs and shape the long-term technical vision.
• Drive an innovative roadmap for hirify.globalsearch’s indexing, query execution, and relevance layers.
• Act as the go-to expert in several domains of hirify.globalsearch, continuously improving them through insights.

Requirements

• Experience leading technical projects in search infrastructure and distributed systems.
• Hands-on experience with search and indexing technologies like hirify.globalsearch, Lucene, or Solr.
• Strong skills in core Java, advanced data structures, and concurrency constructs.
• Ability to work with high autonomy, guiding projects from concept to completion.
• Experience with large-scale data or search systems.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills for collaborating across distributed teams.

Nice to have

• Experience building things with hirify.globalsearch and understanding search/information retrieval theory.
• Familiarity with open source projects and different source control workflows.

Culture & Benefits

• Competitive pay based on work performed.
• Health coverage for you and your family in many locations.
• Flexible locations and schedules for many roles.
• Generous number of vacation days each year.
• Impact matching for financial donations and service (up to $2000 or local equivalent).
• Up to 40 hours each year for volunteer projects.
• Minimum of 16 weeks of parental leave.