Senior Backend Software Engineer, Search

Hungryroot is looking for a Senior Search Engineer to join their growing Engineering team. The role involves owning and evolving the OpenSearch-powered search platform, driving technical design, implementation, testing, and maintenance of search features.

Requirements

• 5+ yrs of commercial software development experience
• 3+ yrs of hands-on experience with OpenSearch or Elasticsearch
• 2+ yrs of experience with semantic/vector search techniques
• 3+ yrs of experience using Python and the wider ecosystem
• 2+ yrs of experience building and tuning search relevance
• 2+ yrs of experience troubleshooting production issues in search or data-intensive systems
• Active experience using AI-powered developer tools

Benefits

• Remote-first
• Equity
• Unlimited vacation policy
• Universal paid parental leave
• Monthly Hungryroot credit for delicious, healthy groceries
• Comprehensive health, vision, dental, and life insurance
• 401k with Company Match
• A work from home stipend