Consulting Architect - Search
Core
Design, optimize, and scale complex Elasticsearch cluster topologies to transform application search performance, data retrieval infrastructure, and AI-powered semantic search capabilities for enterprise customers.
Role type
Senior Search Consulting Architect (Hands-on IC)
Builds
Resilient, scalable search architectures and AI-powered semantic search implementations on distributed Elasticsearch environments.
Domain
Search & Observability / Distributed Systems / AI Engineering
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
Elasticsearch internals, distributed systems principles, semantic search implementation, vector search (kNN, ELSER, RAG), performance tuning, high-throughput ingestion, cloud-native infrastructure, polyglot programming
Preferred skills
Apache Lucene mechanics, cluster state management, NLP framework integrations, Docker/Kubernetes/Terraform, Java/Python/Go
Technologies
Elasticsearch, Apache Lucene, AWS, Azure, GCP, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, Java, Python, Go
Responsibilities
Translate business requirements into resilient search architectures; lead cluster design, capacity planning, and governance (ILM, CCR/CCS); deploy and operationalize semantic search and vector capabilities; profile and tune search/indexing performance; build robust ingestion pipelines; lead technical kickoff meetings and migration efforts; mentor technical staff.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
