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Workato · 19 hours ago

Senior Software Engineer (Search / Retrieval)

Workato is a leader in enterprise orchestration, helping businesses globally streamline operations through its AI-powered platform. The Senior Software Engineer (Search / Retrieval) will lead the design and development of intelligent search systems, focusing on building and optimizing retrieval pipelines using machine learning techniques.

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Responsibilities

Lead the development of advanced our search cluster that can scale to millions of documents across customers and data sources
Deploy learning-to-rank models that optimize relevance using behavioral signals, embeddings, and structured feedback
Build and scale robust Entity Recognition pipelines that enhance document understanding, enable contextual disambiguation, and support entity-aware retrieval
Architect next-gen search infrastructure capable of supporting highly dynamic document corpora and real-time indexing
Drive improvements in query construction, indexing and search performance
Be up-to-date with the latest improvements in search and indexing technologies
Collaborate with product and applied research teams to translate user needs into data-informed search innovations
Produce clean, scalable code and influence system architecture and roadmap across the relevance and platform stack

Qualification

PythonSearch enginesInformation retrievalNLPDistributed systemsCommunicationCollaborationDetail-orientedSelf-motivatedProblem-solving

Required

Bachelors/Masters/PhD degree in Statistics, Mathematics or Computer Science, or another quantitative field
7+ years of backend engineering experience with 3+ years in search, information retrieval, or related fields
Strong proficiency in Python
Hands-on experience with search engines (Opensearch or Elasticsearch)
Strong understanding of information retrieval concepts spanning traditional methods (TF-IDF, BM25) and modern neural search techniques (vector embeddings, transformer models)
Experience with text processing, NLP, and relevance tuning
Experience with relevance evaluation metrics (NDCG, MRR, MAP)
Experience with large-scale distributed systems
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
Strong communication abilities to explain technical concepts
Collaborative mindset for cross-functional team work
Detail-oriented with strong focus on quality
Self-motivated and able to work independently
Passion for solving complex search problems

Company

Workato is an automation and orchestration platform designed to connect applications, data sources, and workflows across an organization.

H1B Sponsorship

Workato has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
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2025 (10)
2024 (2)
2023 (7)
2022 (12)
2021 (6)
2020 (6)

Funding

Current Stage
Late Stage
Total Funding
$415M
Key Investors
Digital Industry SingaporeBattery VenturesRedpoint
2025-11-07Grant
2021-11-10Series E· $200M
2021-01-12Series D· $110M

Leadership Team

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Vijay Tella
Co-founder and CEO
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Adam Seligman
Chief Technology Officer and GM
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