Position Overview:
We are seeking a Lead Software Engineer with strong software development and production engineering experience to support a large-scale search environment.
The ideal candidate will have deep hands-on experience with OpenSearch and/or Elasticsearch and a strong understanding of how applications are designed, developed, deployed, monitored, and supported end-to-end.
This is a highly technical role focused on production support, search infrastructure, application development, system improvements, troubleshooting, and technical leadership. Candidates with strong software engineering or architecture backgrounds are encouraged to apply.
Important: Deep OpenSearch/Elasticsearch experience is highly preferred. The team needs someone who can come in and contribute immediately with minimal ramp-up or training.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide production support for a large-scale search environment.
- Maintain and optimize OpenSearch/Elasticsearch clusters, configurations, and visualizations.
- Work closely with eCommerce, engineering, infrastructure, and other cross-functional teams.
- Add, split, scale, and reorganize search clusters as business and technical requirements evolve.
- Continuously improve production operations, reliability, performance, and scalability.
- Analyze and troubleshoot complex production issues and identify root causes.
- Design, develop, test, debug, and maintain software applications and enhancements.
- Author, review, and approve technical designs.
- Develop extensible, scalable, and maintainable software solutions.
- Review code for functionality, quality, maintainability, and alignment with technical designs.
- Own complex technical stories, integrations, business requirements, dependencies, and critical paths.
- Identify technical risks and develop contingency plans and timelines.
- Define meaningful metrics and targets for the technical domain.
- Drive measurable improvements in engineering processes and best practices.
- Evaluate and stabilize emerging technologies.
- Collaborate with business users, technical teams, project teams, and management.
- Mentor engineers and share technical knowledge and best practices.
- Provide technical guidance to contractors and other team members.
- Promote Agile engineering practices and encourage team collaboration.
Required Skills
OpenSearch / Elasticsearch – Critical Requirement
- Deep hands-on experience with OpenSearch and/or Elasticsearch.
- Strong understanding of search architecture, clusters, indexing, configuration, troubleshooting, and production support.
- Experience working with large-scale search environments.
- Ability to troubleshoot and resolve complex search-related production issues.
- Candidates must be able to contribute immediately with minimal training.
Technical Stack
- OpenSearch / Elasticsearch
- Kibana
- Log Search / Logging Platforms
- Grafana
- Kubernetes / Docker
- Rancher
- Linux / Linux Command Line
- Python
- Kafka
- Logstash
- CI/CD pipelines – primarily maintenance and support rather than building pipelines from scratch
Software Engineering Experience
- Strong software development background with mastery of at least one programming language.
- Experience designing and developing applications end-to-end.
- Strong debugging and troubleshooting skills.
- Experience with application deployment, production support, and maintenance.
- Ability to understand complex applications and their dependencies.
- Strong understanding of software architecture, design patterns, and engineering best practices.
- Experience reviewing technical designs and code.
- Ability to solve complex technical problems independently.
Nice to Have
- Azure experience
- Security experience
- Ansible / automation
- Retail or eCommerce industry experience
- Experience with on-premises infrastructure
- Cloud and distributed systems experience
Ideal Candidate Profile
The ideal candidate is a strong software engineer, senior technical lead, or architect who understands applications from end to end—from design and development through deployment, monitoring, troubleshooting, and production support.
A candidate with exceptionally strong software engineering experience may be considered even if their OpenSearch/Elasticsearch experience is not extensive, provided they have meaningful experience with search technologies and can demonstrate strong technical depth.
Work Environment
- 4 days onsite in Rocklin, CA
- Monday through Thursday onsite
- Fast-paced production environment
- Highly collaborative, cross-functional engineering organization
- Strong emphasis on reliability, scalability, and continuous improvement
Interested candidates: Please send your updated CV/resume to
