Staff Search EngineerAs a Staff Search Engineer, you'll help lead the design and ongoing evolution of CreatorIQ's real-time search platform - the core system that enables creator discovery across 30M profiles and billions of posts. You'll architect and maintain Elasticsearch clusters, develop high-performance APIs in Go, and ensure the platform remains scalable, reliable, and responsive at large scale.
This role blends hands-on development with supportive technical leadership, contributing to architecture decisions and offering guidance to engineers as they build a fast, dependable, and impactful search experience for our clients.
Primary Tech Stack: Go, Typescript, Elastic, AWS (Cloudwatch, SQS, Lambdas), Java, MSSQL, AWS Redshift
Key Responsibilities:- Engage in back-end development to meet our product's evolving needs, ensuring robust, scalable, and high-performance solutions.
- Contribute to all stages of the product lifecycle, from conception to deployment, refinement, and scaling.
- Design, implement, and maintain ElasticSearch environments, aligning with the product's performance and scalability requirements.
- Work collaboratively with product managers, architects, and other team members to deeply understand and address user needs and business objectives.
- Uphold high standards in software development with a focus on clean, testable, and maintainable code.
- Participate actively in code reviews, architecture discussions, and continuous refinement of our development processes.
- Foster a culture of ownership where team members feel empowered and accountable for their contributions.
Required Qualifications:- 7-10+ years of software development experience with a strong background in computer science
- 3+ years of recent ElasticSearch experience or similar
- Capability to design and work with complex systems and high-load services.
- In-depth knowledge of ElasticSearch and familiarity with AWS infrastructure.
- Proven experience in Golang development or a strong willingness to learn and adapt.
- Solid foundation in computing theory, including OOP principles, database theory (RDBMS, NoSQL), and network interactions.
- Experience with REST API development, web application frameworks, testing frameworks, and version control systems (GIT).
- Proficiency in Python, PHP, or JavaScript (Node.js), Java, particularly in building scalable, high-load services.
- Familiarity with CI/CD processes and Agile development methodologies.
- Practical communication skills in English for working in an international team environment.
Preferred Experience:- Background in Laravel, Symfony Framework, or other significant frameworks is a plus.
- Experience or certifications in cloud computing platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure).
- Knowledge of orchestration and containerization technologies (e.g., Kubernetes).
- A passion for continuous learning and staying abreast of the latest industry trends.
Confidence can sometimes hold us back from applying for a job. But we'll let you in on a secret: there's no such thing as a 'perfect' candidate. Have 50% of the criteria? Excited about this opportunity? Passionate about what we do at CreatorIQ? Please apply! CreatorIQ is a place where everyone can grow.
What you will get from us:- People: work with talented, collaborative, and friendly people who love what they do.
- Guidance: utilize our learning platform to fully get the training and tools you'll need to become successful here from your first day with us.
- Surprise meal stipends: work from home can't stop the enjoyment of someone else making a meal for you!
- Work/life harmony: 15 days of vacation, floating and set holidays, wellness allowance, and paid parental leave.
- Whole Health Package: medical, dental, vision, life, disability insurance, and more.
- Savings: a 401k (USA) plan to help you plan ahead.
- Work from home stipend: to assist you in setting up a home office that works for you (or buy a new dog leash - your choice!).
