Staff Backend Engineer (Search)

TL;DR

Staff Backend Engineer (Search): Designing, optimizing, and scaling search infrastructure with OpenSearch/ElasticSearch with an accent on relevance, accuracy, speed, and vector search capabilities. Focus on building real-time indexing pipelines, measurement frameworks, and integrating search into AI-powered features.

Location: United States (remote)

Compensation Range: $250K - $300K

Company

hirify.global is building the first truly converged AI workspace unifying tasks, docs, chat, calendar, and enterprise search supercharged by context-driven AI.

What you will do

• Design and implement robust search solutions that scale with rapidly growing user base
• Improve search relevance, accuracy, and speed for blazing fast results
• Enhance real-time indexing pipelines to keep search results up-to-date
• Create measurement frameworks to evaluate and improve search quality
• Build and enhance vector search capabilities for next-generation experiences
• Collaborate with AI, backend, and product teams to integrate search into new features
• Troubleshoot complex search-related issues at scale and mentor junior engineers

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field
• 7+ years of experience as a search engineer or directly related role
• Strong expertise in search technologies, particularly OpenSearch/ElasticSearch
• Experience measuring and optimizing search quality
• Experience with high-volume, distributed data processing systems
• Proven ability to optimize query parsing, indexing, and relevance tuning
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills

Nice to have

• Hands-on experience with vector embeddings and semantic search
• Experience with TypeScript in backend systems
• Track record of architecting search solutions under heavy load
• Experience applying machine learning and NLP to search relevance
• Knowledge of information retrieval concepts and search evaluation metrics

Culture & Benefits

• Work in a bold, innovative team redefining productivity software
• Opportunity to pioneer AI shaping the future of work
• Hire based on ambition, grit, and passion for improving work
• Support for building boldest career with potential impact focus
• Equal opportunity employer