Lightspeed · 1 month ago
Senior Backend Engineer, Search
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level
$200K/yr - $250K/yr
5+ years expClickUp is an AI-native company focused on building the future of work through a converged AI workspace. They are seeking a Senior Backend Engineer specializing in Search to optimize and enhance their search capabilities, ensuring users can efficiently find what they need across their platform.
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Responsibilities
Design and implement robust search solutions that scale with our rapidly growing user base
Improve search relevance, accuracy, and speed to deliver the most relevant results to users at blazing fast speeds
Improve out real-time indexing pipelines to ensure search results remain up-to-date
Create measurement frameworks to evaluate and improve search quality
Build and enhance vector search capabilities to power next-generation search experiences
Collaborate with AI, backend, and product teams to integrate search into new features
Troubleshoot complex search-related issues at scale
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field
5+ years of experience as a search engineer or in a directly related role
Strong expertise in search technologies, particularly OpenSearch / ElasticSearch
Experience measuring and optimizing search quality
Experience with high-volume, distributed data processing systems
Proven ability to optimize query parsing, indexing, and relevance tuning for search systems
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate effectively across teams
Preferred
Hands-on experience with vector embeddings and semantic search implementations
Experience with TypeScript in backend systems
Track record of architecting search solutions that maintain performance under heavy load
Experience applying machine learning and NLP to enhance search relevance
Knowledge of information retrieval concepts and search evaluation metrics
Company
Lightspeed
Lightspeed is a global, multi-stage, venture capital firm managing over $40B in assets.
51-200 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageLeadership Team
Peter Nieh
Co-Founder & Partner
Andrew Moley
Operating Partner/Chief Financial Officer
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