Search Engineer

Role: Search Engineer

Location : Onsite (Austin)

Skill Sets:

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Apache SOLR

OpenSearch

Java

Linux

Python

Additional Comments:

• 4 years of hands-on experience administering Solr and/or OpenSearch in production environments

• Strong proficiency in Java and Python, with demonstrated ability to read, debug, and modify existing application code

• Solid understanding of distributed systems concepts: sharding, replication, consistency, cluster topology

• Experience with AWS services (EC2, IAM, VPC, S3, CloudWatch)

• Experience managing clusters on at least one third-party/non-AWS cloud provider (e.g., GCP)

• Hands-on experience with REST APIs, Query DSL, and index management (ILM/ISM policies)

• Practical experience using AI-assisted development tools (Claude, Copilot) to improve engineering velocity and code quality

• Experience with CI/CD tools and Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation, or similar)

• Familiarity with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)

• Strong debugging, troubleshooting, and performance-tuning skills

• Experience with monitoring/observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch, or similar)

• Solid understanding of Git-based version control and code review workflows