Senior Search Engineer (Elasticsearch)

Responsibilities

• The environment includes a custom indexing service, so the candidate should have experience maintaining and extending similar backend components using Scala/Kotlin/etc.
• Manage, maintain, and optimize Elasticsearch clusters in production environments
• Troubleshoot performance issues and improve search and indexing performance
• Design and implement improvements for scalability, reliability, and cluster health
• Support high-traffic and peak event scenarios to ensure platform stability
• Maintain and improve the existing Scala-based indexing service
• Collaborate with engineering teams on the modernization of the indexing framework
• Required qualifications
• Elasticsearch (production + scale)
• Strong hands-on experience with Elasticsearch in large-scale production environments
• Experience scaling Elasticsearch for high-traffic applications
• Expertise in indexing strategies, shard allocation, query optimization, and performance tuning
• Experience troubleshooting Elasticsearch cluster issues
• Development experience with Scala
• Experience working in distributed systems or high-throughput platforms

Requirements

• Additional experience leveraging AI workflows for meaningful development acceleration across the full SDLC (design to delivery).
• Prior work on search relevance, ranking systems, or experimentation frameworks in consumer-facing products.
• Tech stack / tools
• Elasticsearch
• Scala (primary)
• SQL, Python (supporting)
• Kafka
• Cloud: AWS / GCP
• AI development tools: Cursor, Claude Code, or similar AI-powered coding environments
• When you join Solvd, you'll...
• Shape real-world AI-driven projects across key industries, working with clients from startup innovation to enterprise transformation.
• Be part of a global team with equal opportunities for collaboration across continents and cultures.
• Thrive in an inclusive environment that prioritizes continuous learning, innovation, and ethical AI standards.
• Ready to make an impact?
• If you're excited to build things that matter, champion responsible AI, and grow with some of the industry's sharpest minds. Apply today and let's innovate together.
• Solvd is an equal opportunity employer.
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Benefits

Additional Information

Solvd Inc. is a rapidly growing AI-native consulting and technology services firm delivering enterprise transformation across cloud, data, software engineering, and artificial intelligence . We work with industry-leading organizations to design, build, and operationalize technology solutions that drive measurable business outcomes. Following the acquisition of Tooploox , a premier AI and product development company, Solvd now offers true end-to-end delivery -from strategic advisory and solution design to custom AI development and enterprise-scale implementation. Our capability centers combine deep technical expertise, proven delivery methodologies, and sector-specific knowledge to address complex business challenges quickly and effectively. Solvd is hiring a Senior Search Engineer to help build and optimize the services behind the food search experience for a large-scale consumer product platform. In this role, you'll contribute to search services that integrate across multiple engineering teams, own end-to-end Elasticsearch performance and relevance tuning, and partner closely with senior engineers, product, and leadership on experimentation and delivery. This is a hands-on role for someone with deep production experience in Elasticsearch + Scala , and a modern AI-augmented / agentic development workflow (Cursor, Claude Code, or similar). Client's location: USA Working hours: 11 am - 8 pm CET

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