Engineering Manager - Search Engine Team

Overview

Remote
$180,000 - $190,000
Full Time

Skills

Amazon Web Services
Apache Solr
Artificial Intelligence
Engineering Management
Java
People Management
Search Engines
Elasticsearch

Job Details

Our client is looking for an experienced Engineering Manager to lead their Search Engine Team within our Product Engineering organization. The ideal candidate brings a mix of deep technical expertise and strategic leadership, particularly in the areas of Solr-based search, semantic and hybrid search systems, and collaboration with ML teams. This role is pivotal in modernizing legacy systems while driving forward-thinking, next-generation search capabilities.

Key Responsibilities:

Team Leadership & People Management:

  • Manage a 10-12-person remote team including two tech leads. Responsible for coaching, hiring, and performance management, while shaping an inclusive and growth-oriented engineering culture.

Search Strategy & Technical Execution:

  • Lead the transition from legacy Solr infrastructure to modern, semantic, and hybrid search solutions leveraging AWS. Drive roadmap planning in collaboration with product and ML leadership.

System Modernization:

  • Oversee and evolve the current search indexing pipeline and AWS infrastructure. Partner with internal experts to explore LLMs, vector databases, and semantic models for enhanced customer discovery.

Cross-Functional Collaboration:

  • Work closely with product managers, architects, and machine learning teams to align on feature development, scalability, and performance.

Operational Excellence:

  • Ensure system uptime, stability, and quality across all stages of development and production. Proactively manage risk and incident response processes.

Key Skills:

  • Bachelor s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience).
  • 4+ years of engineering management experience (minimum of 2 required)
  • Prior hands-on software development experience (Java/AWS preferred)
  • Experience modernizing large-scale search systems
  • Deep expertise in Solr search engine technologies
  • Familiarity with semantic search, vector databases, and hybrid search models
  • Proven ability to work with ML teams and integrate search with AI/ML capabilities
  • Strong leadership, communication, and technical strategy development skills
  • Comfortable with remote-first environment
  • Willingness to travel to Chicago once per quarter

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Experience with LLM integration in eCommerce or search platforms
  • Background in AWS-based infrastructure and indexing pipelines
  • Familiarity with tools and platforms like Elasticsearch, Vespa, or Pinecone
  • Exposure to managing a blend of FTEs and contractors with a plan to convert to all FTEs

Salary: $180,000- $190,000 per year ( depends on experience level)

Benefits: Medical Insurance, PTO, 401 (k) and more

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