Shopify · 2 months ago
Search Relevance Engineers
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior LevelShopify is a company that empowers entrepreneurs and enterprises to reach their potential. As a Search Relevance Engineer, you will design and implement AI-powered search and discovery solutions that enhance merchant experiences and contribute to the evolution of commerce.
E-CommerceE-Commerce PlatformsEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Responsibilities
Collaborate with data scientists and engineers to productionize data products through load testing, metrics analysis, and experimentation
Design and implement features to enhance search and recommendation relevance, including semantic search, query understanding, and personalization
Build and maintain data pipelines for information retrieval systems
Tune queries that power search and discovery experiences
Develop tools for evaluation and relevance engineering, adhering to high-quality software engineering practices
Prioritize and communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical audiences
Mentor engineers and data scientists
Qualification
Required
Mastery of relevance engineering, with experience in discovery and recommendation systems powered by Elasticsearch, Solr, Lucene, or vector databases
Extensive experience using Python, with a strong grasp of object-oriented programming (OOP) fundamentals
Ability to write efficient, optimized code with low latency requirements
Strong software development background, with proven problem-solving skills and technical system thinking
Preferred
Experience in training, evaluating, testing, and deploying machine learning, natural language processing, or generative AI products at scale is a plus
Familiarity with statistical methods like regression, GLMs, or experiment design and analysis is welcome
Exposure to other languages such as Ruby, Rails, Rust, or Typescript is advantageous
Company
Shopify
Shopify is a cloud-based, multi-channel commerce platform designed for small and medium-sized businesses.
Founded in 2004
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$122.25MKey Investors
Bessemer Venture PartnersKlister Credit
2015-05-21IPO
2013-12-11Series C· $100M
2011-10-17Series B· $15M
Leadership Team
Tobias Lütke
CEO
Mikhail Parakhin
Chief Technology Officer
Recent News
2026-01-17
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