Senior Software Engineer, Understanding

About the role

Algolia is the retrieval intelligence layer behind search and product discovery, powering more than 1.7 trillion queries a year. The Relevance Group improves pre-query relevance (Understanding) and post-query relevance (Re-Ranking), and owns features such as query suggestions, dynamic synonym suggestions, AI re-ranking and query categorization. This role is a key contributor to the design and development of ranking and understanding features, working with engineers across the team.

Key responsibilities

• Contribute to the design and development of ranking and understanding features
• Work with a diverse team including front-end developers and machine learning specialists
• Own the quality and soundness of the pipelines

Required profile

• Experience designing and operating pipelines in production
• Experience working with large datasets and high traffic
• Interest in solving ranking challenges
• Rigor in code quality, automated testing and engineering best practices
• Excellent spoken and written English

Required skills

• Experience building and maintaining API services
• Experience with a major cloud provider (GCP, AWS or Azure)
• Nice to have: operating AI models in production, Go or Python, Kubernetes, SQL, and sensitivity to data-driven decisions and end-user experience

What we offer

• Base salary range of EUR 67,500 to 94,000, depending on location, skills and experience
• A flexible workplace model with the option to work fully remote, hybrid-remote or in office