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Chase · 2 months ago

Software Engineer III - Search Technologies, LLM, ElasticSearch, AWS

10 S Dearborn St, Chicago, IL, 60603, US

Full-time

Onsite

Mid Level

$114K/yr - $155K/yr

3+ years exp

Chase is one of the oldest financial institutions, offering innovative financial solutions to millions of consumers and businesses. As a Software Engineer III within the Employee Platforms, Enterprise Search team, you will design and implement next-generation search capabilities, developing scalable backend systems to enhance content discoverability and improve user experience.

BankingFinancial Services

Responsibilities

Design and develop backend services and APIs for enterprise search applications using Java, Python, and Spring Boot

Build and deploy cloud-native solutions leveraging AWS, Terraform, and containerization best practices to ensure scalability and resilience

Executes software solutions, design, development, and technical troubleshooting with ability to think beyond routine or conventional approaches to build solutions or break down technical problems

Collaborate with cross-functional teams to implement search strategies that optimize crawl, rank, and indexation pipelines.Contribute to search tuning and relevancy improvements, incorporating ranking algorithms, metadata enrichment, and semantic search techniques

Integrate data extraction and analytics capabilities to deliver actionable insights and improve user experience

Ensure secure and high-quality production code, system reliability, maintainability, and performance through code reviews, automation, and adherence to best engineering practices

Participate in technical design discussions and propose innovative solutions aligned with enterprise architecture and governance standards

Produces architecture and design artifacts for complex applications while being accountable for ensuring design constraints are met by software code development

Proactively identifies hidden problems and patterns in data and uses these insights to drive improvements to coding hygiene and system architecture

Contributes to software engineering communities of practice and events that explore new and emerging technologies

Qualification

JavaPythonAWSElasticSearchSpring BootTerraformAPI designMicroservices architectureContainerizationSystem designDevSecOpsLarge Language ModelsData processingProblem-solving skills

Required

Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 3+ years applied experience

Hands on experience in backend engineering in large-scale, distributed systems

Proficiency in Java, Python, and Spring Boot for backend service development

Strong experience with AWS cloud services (Lambda, EKS, S3, ECS, etc.) and Terraform for infrastructure as code

Experience with search technologies (ElasticSearch, OpenSearch, Solr, or similar)

Deep understanding of API design, microservices architecture, and event-driven systems

Familiarity with containerization (Docker/Kubernetes), and observability tools

Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to translate business needs into scalable technical solutions

Hands-on practical experience in system design, application development, testing, and operational stability

Experience in developing, debugging, and maintaining code in a large corporate environment with one or more modern programming languages and database querying languages

Solid understanding of DevSecOps processes such as CI/CD, Application Resiliency, and Security

Preferred

Experience with Large Language Models (LLM)-based search solutions, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), or semantic search models. Understanding of SEO principles, ranking models, and user behavior analytics in search contexts

Working knowledge of data processing and metadata extraction pipelines

Prior experience in a regulated enterprise environment (financial services or similar) a plus

Bachelor's degree (or higher) in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field