Senior / Staff Software Engineer (Search)

Greenfield opportunity to build search, recommendation, and knowledge systems from the ground up. Backend-leaning role focused on designing and scaling intelligent retrieval pipelines, data engineering, and AI-driven discovery across massive, messy document sets.

Requirements

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Experience building search systems, data pipelines, or recommendation systems at a startup (ideally Series B/C).
• Background in data science, information retrieval, or recommendation systems.
• Hands-on experience with embeddings, vector search, or RAG.
• Strong backend development expertise with TypeScript / Node.js.
• Comfort working with large, messy, real-world datasets.
• PhD or Master's in Machine Learning or related field (higher studies can offset some years of experience).
• Self-starter with an ownership mentality who thrives in a fast-paced startup environment.
• Must be a US Person per ITAR.

Benefits

• Competitive equity
• Full-time employment
• On-site 5 days/week