
Search Architect
Remote
Full Time
#Technology
#Java
#Web Services
#Elasticsearch
#Solr
#Distributed Systems
#Data Structures
#Algorithms
#Concurrency
#Multi Threading
We are Editorialist YX, a company dedicated to building a unified search platform that powers our website, iOS app, and internal support tools. Our search technology serves thousands of customers every day and is a critical component of our infrastructure as we scale our operations by 30x year over year.
Responsibilities
- Lead the technical direction for our search team and manage key projects from the initial concept through to final deployment.
- Collaborate closely with business and technical leadership to define and execute our search strategy.
- Design and maintain scalable, highly available distributed systems capable of managing large volumes of data.
- Analyze and resolve complex production issues while providing thorough design proposals.
Must-haves
- At least 4 years of professional experience working with Java and Web Services.
- Minimum of 4 years of specialized experience within the Search domain.
- Proven ability to build distributed systems that prioritize high availability and scalability.
- Strong grasp of fundamental software engineering principles, including data structures and algorithms.
- Solid knowledge of concurrency, multi-threading, design patterns, and effective debugging methodologies.
- Practical experience with Elasticsearch or Solr Cloud.
- Deep understanding of information retrieval concepts and linguistic processing techniques, such as tokenizers, stemmers, and spellers.
- Excellent communication skills for conveying technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Fluency in English.
Nice-to-haves
- Hands-on experience with big data technologies, including Hadoop, Hive, Cassandra, and Spark.
Benefits
- Fully remote work environment.









