Engineering Lead - Extreme Retrieval
Core
Own the architecture and long-term evolution of a shared engineering platform for retrieval systems, integrating new methods into a scalable codebase for researchers and partner teams.
Role type
Engineering Lead for shared retrieval platform
Builds
Shared repository and codebase for retrieval methods, APIs, tooling, and workflows
Domain
Machine Learning / Information Retrieval
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Software engineering, architecture design, codebase ownership, cross-team collaboration, technical leadership, system integration
Preferred skills
Machine learning systems, retrieval methods (dense, sparse, hybrid), evaluation/benchmarking, distributed systems, GPU-backed ML workflows
Technologies
N/A
Responsibilities
Drive architecture and extensibility of the shared retrieval codebase, integrate new retrieval methods, improve developer/researcher experience via APIs and tooling, drive integration with downstream systems, provide cross-team technical leadership
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with leadership scope
