Senior Software Engineer

About this role

We’re Hiring: Senior Software Engineer

Location: New York, NY

Hybrid

- 5+ years of software engineering experience
- Has strong programming proficiency in Python and experience operating within cloud environments (AWS preferred)
- Has experience designing, fine-tuning, and operating high-scale backend systems, APIs, or data delivery platforms
- Demonstrated applied, production-level expertise in
two or more
of the following technical domains: distributed systems, information retrieval, or high-scale API development.
- Enjoys collaborating with cross-functional partners (product managers, other engineers, our client stakeholders) to set clear expectations and solve common problems
- Effectively communicates technical concepts and tradeoffs to technical and non-technical audiences
- Thrives in highly collaborative environments with strong ownership and fast iteration cycles
- Is driven to work with customers to have an impact on the real world

Bonus Points If You

• Have deep experience with our core stack (Typesense, Python, AWS) or similar retrieval infrastructure (Elasticsearch, OpenSearch, FAISS)
• Have built customer-facing search or recommendation systems or APIs
• Have an outstanding track record of leading engineering teams
• Have extensive experience engineering SaaS data products
• Have mentored senior engineers and raised the technical bar across disciplines