Software Development Engineer II, Search
About The Position
The Search Geocoding team is responsible for building the best location-based search engine that empowers customers that require an intelligent Maps search solutions to find places and points of interest as quickly and with fewer keystrokes as possible. We do this by developing groundbreaking algorithms and features, applying the latest cutting edge technologies, and creating cost efficient, scalable solutions that can keep up with the ever changing dynamics of the world in near real-time fashion. As AI becomes embedded in modern engineering workflows, we value engineers who can thoughtfully integrate AI into design, development, and decision-making. Our interview process will include discussion of how you use AI in your engineering workflow.
Requirements
- Strong understanding of search techniques (such as information retrieval) and data structures
- Practical experience in making an algorithms perform efficiently upon implementation
- Ability to write sophisticated, highly performant, and reliable solutions
- Excellent problem solving skills and analytical skills, valuing a scientific approach by using experimentation and critical thinking to drive and validate high quality solutions
- Experience with modern programming languages (Javascript, Python, Rust, Java, Typescript, C++, Go)
- Proficiency with cloud services (preferably AWS) in implementing monitoring instrumentation, operational diagnostics, resolving customer issues, and continuous product improvement
Nice To Haves
- Experience with maps, routing, navigation
- Experience with NLP/ML/Generative AI
- Experience with search engines such as ElasticSearch, Solr, Lucene
- Experience with solving challenging search problems
- Experience with big data and scale, data mining and science
Responsibilities
- Designing and implementing search retrieval algorithms across multiple search engines
- Making existing algorithms more efficient and/or highly performant
- Writing technical design documents and participating in design and code reviews
- Owning the efficiency and accuracy of your designs, as well as being responsible for overseeing your own work through the development and implementation lifecycle, ultimately delivering excellent end results
- Collaborating with other engineers, PMs and teams internationally and cross functionally to deliver a high quality experience to our customers
- Promoting a culture of operational excellence by meticulously testing and monitoring our systems and codes, and being available/on-call to support the health of our services
Benefits
- supportive health care
- parental leave
- flexibility for the things that come up in life
- innovating on how we think about supporting our people
- teaching and learning to equip employees with the tools needed to be successful in their function and the company
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
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