Member of Technical Staff (Search Engine Developer, Search Core)

Responsibilities

• Design and build core search engine components, including indexing pipelines, retrieval algorithms, and ranking systems
• Develop streaming and batch data processing systems for search index construction in a high-load environment
• Push the limits of hardware performance through low-level optimizations and system-level tuning
• Tackle challenges in multithreading, concurrency, and system-level optimization

Requirements

• 3+ years of hands-on experience in systems programming (Rust, C++, C, or similar)
• Ownership of full project lifecycle including deployment, operation, and scaling in production
• Knowledge of Python or other scripting languages
• Strong knowledge of algorithms and data structures
• Deep understanding of multithreading and concurrency trade-offs
• Experience building high-load, distributed, and hardware-adjacent services
• Solid understanding of Linux internals (syscalls, networking stack, memory model, kernel tuning)
• Familiarity with low-level optimization techniques (memory management, cache efficiency, SIMD, profiling)

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience developing core components of search engines, databases, or information retrieval systems
• Understanding of search fundamentals: indexing, query parsing, ranking, and relevance
• Experience with trading systems or other latency-sensitive real-time systems
• Familiarity with cloud services, Kubernetes, and AWS infrastructure