Staff Search Engineer (all genders) | Elasticsearch
Core
Staff Search Engineer responsible for improving search relevance, ingestion architecture, and performance for Kaufland's international online marketplaces. (via careerplan.io/jobs/2288412-staff-search-engineer-all-genders-elasticsearch-at-kaufland-e-commerce-services-gmbh-co-kg)
Role type
Staff Search Engineer
Builds
Search infrastructure and relevance improvements for online marketplaces
Domain
E-commerce, Search, Distributed Systems
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Elasticsearch, distributed search engines, data modeling, performance optimization, microservices architecture, A/B testing, Kubernetes, gRPC, Typescript, Node.js, Kafka, monitoring
Preferred skills
semantic search, NLP, LLMs, vectors, hybrid search, machine learning
Technologies
Elasticsearch, Kubernetes, gRPC, Typescript, Node.js, MongoDB, Kafka, DataDog
Responsibilities
Improve search relevance by writing faster queries and improving data quality; Enrich ingestion architecture by consuming change events and updating mappings; Optimize search efficiency through better mapping and data retrieval; Monitor, debug, and operate Elasticsearch clusters; Design resilient microservices with circuit breakers and bulk heads; Mentor team members and share knowledge.
Seniority
Staff, hands-on IC with mentorship
