GamblingCareers.com · 6 hours ago
Staff Engineer Software - Search
San Mateo, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Lead/Staff
$190K/yr - $234K/yr
8+ years expFanatics Commerce is on a mission to deliver a seamless and personalized shopping experience for sports fans. They are seeking a Tech Lead to guide the engineering team that powers their product search functionality, focusing on building and scaling their search platform while mentoring engineers and collaborating across teams.
Casino
Responsibilities
Provide technical leadership to the product search team, setting direction on architecture, design, and best practices
Own the search platform architecture, balancing integration with third-party solutions and custom in-house applications
Build and optimize search relevance, search typeahead, filtering, recommendations and ranking systems
Partner with Product, Data Science, and UX to define and deliver new search features and personalization strategies
Improve the performance, scalability, and reliability of search infrastructure to handle growing product catalogs and high traffic volumes
Guide the adoption of search metrics, monitoring, and observability to measure and continuously improve quality
Evaluate emerging technologies in search and information retrieval to keep the platform modern and competitive
Mentor engineers and collaborate with other leads to drive engineering excellence and career growth
Qualification
Required
8+ years of software development experience with at least 3+ years in a tech lead or staff engineer role
Strong experience with search technologies (e.g., Elasticsearch, Solr, OpenSearch) and relevance tuning
Familiarity with third-party search platforms and integrating them with internal systems
Proficiency in backend programming languages (Golang, Java, Scala, Python, or similar) and distributed systems
Solid understanding of data structures, algorithms, and system design
Experience in building large-scale, customer-facing applications, ideally in e-commerce
Strong leadership and communication skills with a proven ability to mentor teams and influence stakeholders
Preferred
Bonus: experience with machine learning for ranking, recommendations, or personalization
Benefits
Health, dental, and vision insurance
401(k) plan with company match
Paid time off and holidays
Professional development opportunities
Flexible work arrangements
Company
GamblingCareers.com
GamblingCareers.com is the leading job board for the iGaming and Online Gambling industry, dedicated to bridging the gap between talented job seekers and top employers in the sector.
2-10 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageCompany data provided by crunchbase