Senior Software Engineer (Search Relevance)

TL;DR

Senior Software Engineer (Search Relevance): Enhancing the vector and keyword search functionality within hirify.globalsearch with an accent on the design and implementation of new search features and enhancements to existing search functionality. Focus on resolving bugs and making the code easier to understand.

Location: Canada, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom.

Salary: $128,300—$203,000 CAD

Company

hirify.global, the Search AI Company, enables everyone to find the answers they need in real time, using all their data, at scale — unleashing the potential of businesses and people.

What you will do

• Contribute to hirify.globalsearch full time, building new search features and fixing bugs.
• Work with a globally distributed team of experienced engineers focused on the search capabilities of hirify.globalsearch.
• Be an expert on hirify.globalsearch search relevance and drive improvements in this area.
• Work with community members from all over the world on issues and pull requests.
• Write idiomatic modern Java.

Requirements

• Professional experience with search and vector databases, and you used HNSW, IVF, or other relevant algorithms and libraries on search platforms at scale.
• You have strong skills in core Java and are conversant in the standard library of data structures and concurrency constructs, as well as other features like lambdas.
• You work with a high level of autonomy, and are able to take on projects and guide them from beginning to end.
• You're comfortable developing collaboratively, giving and receiving feedback on code and approaches and APIs.
• You've used several data storage technologies like hirify.globalsearch, Solr, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, or Cassandra.
• You have excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Nice to have

• You've built things with hirify.globalsearch before.
• You’ve worked on data storage technology.
• You've worked with open source projects and are familiar with different styles of source control workflow and continuous integration.
• You have experience designing, leading and owning cross-functional initiatives.

Culture & Benefits

• Competitive pay based on the work you do here and not your previous salary.
• Health coverage for you and your family in many locations.
• Ability to craft your calendar with flexible locations and schedules for many roles.
• Generous number of vacation days each year.
• Increase your impact - We match up to $2000 (or local currency equivalent) for financial donations and service.
• Up to 40 hours each year to use toward volunteer projects you love.
• Embracing parenthood with a minimum of 16 weeks of parental leave.