SSUSA Job #1008: SEARCH ENGINE SOFTWARE DEVELOPER

Job Description

SEARCH ENGINE SOFTWARE DEVELOPER


One of our media clients in NYC is seeking a Search Engine Software Developer to oversee and execute new features on their platform. The role can work remotely or from our NYC (Manhattan) office.

 

RESPONSIBILITIES:

        Improve our existing search products, including search quality, index performance, etc.

        Drive continuous improvement in the efficiency and flexibility of the platform and services.

        Code with the ability to scale with a large data set.

        Work with the search team on deploying, scaling and performance optimization.

        Interest in exploring and learning the latest technologies in the industry.

 

YOUR SKILLS:

  3+ years experience in backend development.

        Familiar with search engines (Elasticsearch or Lucene). Understand how to improve search recall and precision.

        Experience in using and developing on Elasticsearch or similar search engines.

        Experience in massive data processing platforms (Hadoop, Spark)

        Proficient in Java Programming

        Familiar with large-scale, multithreading, high-performance distributed systems, and have a deep understanding of JVM principles

        Great abilities in system analyzing, abstract thinking and system designing

        Passion for software development and commitment to delivering outstanding work

        Familiar with Linux operating system

 

PLUSES:

        Experience in tracing the source code of large open-source projects such as Lucene,

        Hadoop or Elasticsearch

        Experience in technologies such as Redis, Kafka, Docker

        Experience in optimizing the performance of backend systems and scaling infrastructure

        components

        Experience with database systems, with knowledge of SQL and NoSQL stores (e.g.

        Cassandra, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, etc.)

        Experience in performance testing tools such as JMeter

 

SEND YOUR RESUME TO CLIFF@SSUSA.COM

MENTION JOB 1008 IN THE SUBJECT BOX

Job Location
Remote from Home

Position Type
Permanent

Salary Range
TBD