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