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Senior Elasticsearch Backend Engineer

Summary

Leads backend improvements for a search platform, optimizing Elasticsearch performance, mentoring engineers, and delivering scalable features with AI-driven workflows.

About this Position

This role focuses on leading a scalable backend services improvement to support our cross platform. You will collaborate with Product and Engineering teams to lead the delivery of new features, optimize search fitur and system performance, and maintain reliable service communication through RPC and messaging systems. You will also research engineering best practices to ensure system stability and efficiency.

Responsibilities

  • Collaborating with stakeholders and product managers to define project goals and priorities.
  • Mentoring and developing the engineers, performing code reviews, and enforcing best practices.
  • Translate product requirements into clear technical solutions and actionable development tasks for your team.
  • Break down complex engineering problems into manageable components and estimate development efforts accurately.
  • Oversee backend features delivery in collaboration with the Product team, ensuring timely and high-quality implementation.
  • Take ownership of the full product lifecycle, including development, testing, deployment to production, and continuous improvements or fixes.
  • Explore and leverage AI tools or technologies to improve development efficiency and support practical implementation in daily engineering workflows.

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