Senior Software Engineer, Scale at Algolia

Algolia is seeking a Senior Back-end Engineer to join their Engines team in Paris. Algolia's Engine team provides the main Search API using C++, Golang and complex algorithms. The engineer will be a key contributor to the design, development, and operation of the search engine system at scale.

Role Involves:

• Designing, developing, and operating the Search engine system at scale
• Ensuring the quality and soundness of the system
• Collaborating with other teams to identify, troubleshoot, and resolve high-impact issues
• Managing Algolia Search operations including on-call rotation

Requirements:

• A solid foundation in Computer Science (data structures, algorithms, software design)
• Rigor in high code quality, automated testing, and engineering best practices
• Experience with complex C++ codebases and distributed backends
• Experience in designing major components and leading engineers
• Professional English skills
• Experience debugging distributed systems in production (Nice to have)
• Ability to work in a Kubernetes environment (Nice to have)
• Experience in information retrieval or AI models (Nice to have)
• Experience with natural language processing (Nice to have)

Algolia offers:

• A flexible workplace model