Vannevar Labs · 10 hours ago
Senior Software Engineer, Search
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level
$150K/yr - $215K/yr
7+ years expVannevar is a defense technology company building AI to deter adversaries. They are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to drive innovation in search and information retrieval, working closely with ML and product teams to enhance their search system.
AerospaceArtificial Intelligence (AI)GovTechNational SecuritySoftware
No H1B
U.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Design and adapt the technical strategy for search within Vannevar’s products, including how we leverage full-text search, vector databases, LLMs, NLP, and relevance algorithms
Improve both search latency and relevance
Collaborate with product engineers, designers, and mission strategists to translate user needs into data-informed search innovations
Research and apply emerging technologies, trends and best practices in the search/information retrieval domain to improve index quality, freshness, and retrieval performance
Qualification
Required
7+ years of experience in backend software development
3+ years in search, information retrieval, or related fields
Passion for architecting, developing and deploying reliable, scalable, and performant systems
Expertise in information retrieval, NLP, and machine learning
Deep understanding of concepts like indexing, ranking, query parsing, tokenization, and vector search
Hands-on experience with at least one major search engine (e.g., Elasticsearch, OpenSearch)
Familiarity with search evaluation frameworks (e.g., precision, recall, NDCG)
Excellent analytical, problem-solving, leadership, and communication skills
U.S. Person status is required as this position will require the ability to access U.S. only data systems
Benefits
Health, dental, and vision insurance
Remote friendly with WeWork access
Unlimited PTO, shared downtime during the federal holiday calendar, and company-wide off time at the end of each year
401(k) match
Lifestyle & wellbeing stipends
Salary top-up during military reserve duty
Fully paid parental leave
Child and pet care reimbursement during travel
Company
Vannevar Labs
Vannevar Labs is a technology startup providing defense and national security technologies for critical national security problems.
51-200 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$87MKey Investors
Felicis
2023-01-18Series B· $75M
2022-11-30Series Unknown
2021-08-25Series A· $12M
Leadership Team
Shands Pickett
Chief Growth Officer
Recent News
MIT Technology Review
2025-04-14
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