Remote Senior Software Engineer (Relevance, Ranking team)

Hey, we are OLX and we seek a highly skilled and motivated Search Engine and Ranking Engineer to join our talented teams.

The search engine is the heart of our product. As a key member of our technology division, you will play a crucial role in designing, implementing, and optimizing our algorithms to enhance the user experience and ensure the accuracy and relevance of search results.

If you have experience in working with multi-stakeholder environments and handling high-demanding, data-intensive products this might be the perfect job for you.

We value engineers who have:

• Experience with architecting, building, and scaling low-latency and high-throughput cloud-based systems
• Experience with search platforms (e.g., Elasticsearch, Solr) and custom search solutions
• Practical experience with machine learning techniques for search enhancement, including the integration of ML models into search algorithms
• Worked with Event-Driven ArchitectureExperience with various indexing strategies, including the ability to design and implement effective indexing solutions for large-scale data
• Familiarity with search analytics, including the ability to analyze user behavior and search patterns to drive improvements through experiments
• Strong background in text analysis techniques e.g. tokenization, lemmatization, synonyms, stemming, and NER techniques to enhance search quality and accuracy
• Prior experience working with AWS cloud services and deep knowledge of K8s
• Believe in self-aligned teams and the DevOps mentality "you build it, you run it" philosophy. Spin-off and tear-down infrastructure is a hands-on skillset
• Experience with Incident Management Process or Tier-1 Service management
• Worked in a multi-functional team setup in a remote working environment with JVM toolkit (Java/Kotlin) and Go as a programming language skill

Your responsibilities will include:

• Playing an integral role within a dynamic Relevance team, solidifying your and your team's technical prowess to establish credibility
• Fostering a culture of innovation, actively encouraging the conception, creation, implementation, and deployment of sophisticated scalable solutions
• Posing thoughtful questions, participating in brainstorming sessions, and taking ownership of the product development process to foster a collaborative environment
• Experimenting with novel machine learning approaches to push the boundaries of search capabilities
• Collaborating closely with the product management team, ensuring alignment to construct the optimal product that resonates with and benefits our users
• Identifying and addressing performance bottlenecks through meticulous profiling, monitoring, and optimization of the search infrastructure for high-speed and low-latency responses
• Spearheading initiatives to enhance search quality through continuous refinement of ranking algorithms, query understanding mechanisms, and relevance models

What we offer:

• Annual bonus of up to 15% of your annual salary and a stock package
• Excellent select-your-own benefits
• International career and travel opportunities
• Work with an international team of top engineers learning from one another
• Equipment you might need and a company mobile phone
• A budget for education, training, and conferences