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Sr. Manager, Engineering - Search

Mountain View, California💼 Full-time💰 $222,000–$222,000🗓 2026-07-18 → 2026-07-31

Core

Lead the design, build, and operation of next-generation cloud-native Search services (Vector, Keyword, Hybrid) to enable AI applications with accuracy, speed, and scale.

Role type

Senior Engineering Manager, Search Infrastructure

Builds

Cloud-native Search services powering RAG, AI assistants, and enterprise knowledge management

Domain

Data & AI Infrastructure, Search Systems

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | infrastructure

Required skills

Search and database systems expertise, cloud service scaling, team leadership, SLO definition, distributed systems architecture

Preferred skills

Vector database knowledge, database internals, large-scale data processing

Technologies

Elasticsearch, Lucene, vector databases

Responsibilities

Lead a team of software engineers to design and operate cloud-native Search services; Drive innovation in Vector, Keyword, and Hybrid Search capabilities; Build partnerships with product and research teams for Search Quality roadmap; Manage and operate large-scale, highly-available services; Mentor engineers and emerging leaders; Shape and execute long-term product and engineering strategy

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with management responsibilities

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