Senior SearchEngineer Rockville, Md (Remote) In person interview is required Progressive Technology Federal Systems, Inc. (PTFS) has been a leading enterprise Content Services Platform (eCSP) to Federal, Civilian and DoD agencies, has an opening for a Senior Search Engineer. Duties: The SearchEngineer serves as the subject matter expert (SME) responsible for the design … development, and support of custom code and open-source components that power the Solr search engine. The Java-based code includes parsers, query parsers, publisher, consistency check, APIs, monitoring utilities, and XSLT transforms. The candidate will work with state-of-the-art technologies including Solr/SolrCloud, Lucene, Natural Language Processing, Machine Learning, Linux, Groovy, Python, Splunk, Prometheus, Grafana … DevSecOps, Jenkins, Maven, GitLab, Nexus, Ansible, TDD, BDD, JMeter, and other open-source frameworks. Skills qualifications: 7+ years as a Solr SearchEngineer on enterprise-scale information retrieval systems. Hands-on experience installing, administering, upgrading, and tuning Solr on Linux in large, production environments. Proven work re-architecting and migrating leader-follower clusters to distributed SolrCloud. Deep experience More ❯
We're seeking for a motivated SearchEngineer to spearhead the development and optimization of our high-traffic eCommerce platform's search capabilities. In this pivotal role, you'll blend deep technical acumen with a strategic mindset, leading a talented team to enhance search relevance, performance, and user satisfaction. You'll be instrumental in pushing the … boundaries of search technology, driving best practices, and mentoring engineers to achieve technical excellence. Activities Architect & Innovate Search : Lead the design and implementation of next-generation search solutions, leveraging Elasticsearch and cutting-edge ML technologies to deliver highly relevant and intuitive search experiences. Drive Search Excellence : Optimize search engine ranking and relevance using a … deep understanding of search algorithms, tracking data, and user behavior. Technically Lead & Mentor : Provide strong technical guidance and mentorship to a team of engineers, fostering growth, conducting insightful code reviews, and championing best practices in a collaborative environment. Leverage Machine Learning : Apply advanced ML techniques (e.g., XGBoost, sentence transformers, LLMs) to continuously improve search quality, personalization, and discovery. More ❯
We're seeking for a motivated SearchEngineer to spearhead the development and optimization of our high-traffic eCommerce platform's search capabilities. In this pivotal role, you'll blend deep technical acumen with a strategic mindset, leading a talented team to enhance search relevance, performance, and user satisfaction. You'll be instrumental in pushing the … boundaries of search technology, driving best practices, and mentoring engineers to achieve technical excellence. Activities Architect & Innovate Search : Lead the design and implementation of next-generation search solutions, leveraging Elasticsearch and cutting-edge ML technologies to deliver highly relevant and intuitive search experiences. Drive Search Excellence : Optimize search engine ranking and relevance using a … deep understanding of search algorithms, tracking data, and user behavior. Technically Lead & Mentor : Provide strong technical guidance and mentorship to a team of engineers, fostering growth, conducting insightful code reviews, and championing best practices in a collaborative environment. Leverage Machine Learning : Apply advanced ML techniques (e.g., XGBoost, sentence transformers, LLMs) to continuously improve search quality, personalization, and discovery. More ❯
Search Relevance Engineer - REMOTE UK/US/EU About the role We are looking for an experienced Search Relevance Engineer to help shape and optimise the search experience for millions of users. This role sits at the intersection of engineering and data science, focusing on search relevancy, ranking models, and query understanding. You … will work closely with Product, Engineering, DevOps, and Data teams to design and deliver strategic projects that directly impact customer experience. What youll be doing Fine-tuning keyword search (including BM25), query expansion, and retrieval methods (ANN dense retrieval, sparse retrieval, semantic search). Applying techniques such as entity/name density recognition, query understanding, query rescorers, and … learning-to-rank models. Experimenting with embeddings and vector search to improve personalisation and semantic relevance. Running offline evaluations to test and validate search performance improvements. Creating APIs to integrate custom ML models for reranking, personalisation, and visual merchandising. Optimising indexes and experimenting with analyzers to improve stability and performance. Collaborating cross-functionally with Product, ML Engineers, and More ❯
Search Relevance Engineer - REMOTE UK/US/EU About the role We are looking for an experienced Search Relevance Engineer to help shape and optimise the search experience for millions of users. This role sits at the intersection of engineering and data science, focusing on search relevancy, ranking models, and query understanding. You … will work closely with Product, Engineering, DevOps, and Data teams to design and deliver strategic projects that directly impact customer experience. What you’ll be doing Fine-tuning keyword search (including BM25), query expansion, and retrieval methods (ANN dense retrieval, sparse retrieval, semantic search). Applying techniques such as entity/name density recognition, query understanding, query rescorers … and learning-to-rank models. Experimenting with embeddings and vector search to improve personalisation and semantic relevance. Running offline evaluations to test and validate search performance improvements. Creating APIs to integrate custom ML models for reranking, personalisation, and visual merchandising. Optimising indexes and experimenting with analyzers to improve stability and performance. Collaborating cross-functionally with Product, ML Engineers More ❯
Search Relevance Engineer - REMOTE UK/US/EU About the role We are looking for an experienced Search Relevance Engineer to help shape and optimise the search experience for millions of users. This role sits at the intersection of engineering and data science, focusing on search relevancy, ranking models, and query understanding. You … will work closely with Product, Engineering, DevOps, and Data teams to design and deliver strategic projects that directly impact customer experience. What you’ll be doing Fine-tuning keyword search (including BM25), query expansion, and retrieval methods (ANN dense retrieval, sparse retrieval, semantic search). Applying techniques such as entity/name density recognition, query understanding, query rescorers … and learning-to-rank models. Experimenting with embeddings and vector search to improve personalisation and semantic relevance. Running offline evaluations to test and validate search performance improvements. Creating APIs to integrate custom ML models for reranking, personalisation, and visual merchandising. Optimising indexes and experimenting with analyzers to improve stability and performance. Collaborating cross-functionally with Product, ML Engineers More ❯
East London, London, United Kingdom Hybrid / WFH Options
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Search Relevance Engineer - REMOTE UK/US/EU About the role We are looking for an experienced Search Relevance Engineer to help shape and optimise the search experience for millions of users. This role sits at the intersection of engineering and data science, focusing on search relevancy, ranking models, and query understanding. You … will work closely with Product, Engineering, DevOps, and Data teams to design and deliver strategic projects that directly impact customer experience. What you’ll be doing Fine-tuning keyword search (including BM25), query expansion, and retrieval methods (ANN dense retrieval, sparse retrieval, semantic search). Applying techniques such as entity/name density recognition, query understanding, query rescorers … and learning-to-rank models. Experimenting with embeddings and vector search to improve personalisation and semantic relevance. Running offline evaluations to test and validate search performance improvements. Creating APIs to integrate custom ML models for reranking, personalisation, and visual merchandising. Optimising indexes and experimenting with analyzers to improve stability and performance. Collaborating cross-functionally with Product, ML Engineers More ❯
City of London, London, United Kingdom Hybrid / WFH Options
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Search Relevance Engineer - REMOTE UK/US/EU About the role We are looking for an experienced Search Relevance Engineer to help shape and optimise the search experience for millions of users. This role sits at the intersection of engineering and data science, focusing on search relevancy, ranking models, and query understanding. You … will work closely with Product, Engineering, DevOps, and Data teams to design and deliver strategic projects that directly impact customer experience. What you’ll be doing Fine-tuning keyword search (including BM25), query expansion, and retrieval methods (ANN dense retrieval, sparse retrieval, semantic search). Applying techniques such as entity/name density recognition, query understanding, query rescorers … and learning-to-rank models. Experimenting with embeddings and vector search to improve personalisation and semantic relevance. Running offline evaluations to test and validate search performance improvements. Creating APIs to integrate custom ML models for reranking, personalisation, and visual merchandising. Optimising indexes and experimenting with analyzers to improve stability and performance. Collaborating cross-functionally with Product, ML Engineers More ❯
Great Work, England, United Kingdom Hybrid / WFH Options
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Search Relevance Engineer - REMOTE UK/US/EU About the role We are looking for an experienced Search Relevance Engineer to help shape and optimise the search experience for millions of users. This role sits at the intersection of engineering and data science, focusing on search relevancy, ranking models, and query understanding. You … will work closely with Product, Engineering, DevOps, and Data teams to design and deliver strategic projects that directly impact customer experience. What you’ll be doing Fine-tuning keyword search (including BM25), query expansion, and retrieval methods (ANN dense retrieval, sparse retrieval, semantic search). Applying techniques such as entity/name density recognition, query understanding, query rescorers … and learning-to-rank models. Experimenting with embeddings and vector search to improve personalisation and semantic relevance. Running offline evaluations to test and validate search performance improvements. Creating APIs to integrate custom ML models for reranking, personalisation, and visual merchandising. Optimising indexes and experimenting with analyzers to improve stability and performance. Collaborating cross-functionally with Product, ML Engineers More ❯
Leigh, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom Hybrid / WFH Options
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Search Relevance Engineer - REMOTE UK/US/EU About the role We are looking for an experienced Search Relevance Engineer to help shape and optimise the search experience for millions of users. This role sits at the intersection of engineering and data science, focusing on search relevancy, ranking models, and query understanding. You … will work closely with Product, Engineering, DevOps, and Data teams to design and deliver strategic projects that directly impact customer experience. What you’ll be doing Fine-tuning keyword search (including BM25), query expansion, and retrieval methods (ANN dense retrieval, sparse retrieval, semantic search). Applying techniques such as entity/name density recognition, query understanding, query rescorers … and learning-to-rank models. Experimenting with embeddings and vector search to improve personalisation and semantic relevance. Running offline evaluations to test and validate search performance improvements. Creating APIs to integrate custom ML models for reranking, personalisation, and visual merchandising. Optimising indexes and experimenting with analyzers to improve stability and performance. Collaborating cross-functionally with Product, ML Engineers More ❯
Bolton, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom Hybrid / WFH Options
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Search Relevance Engineer - REMOTE UK/US/EU About the role We are looking for an experienced Search Relevance Engineer to help shape and optimise the search experience for millions of users. This role sits at the intersection of engineering and data science, focusing on search relevancy, ranking models, and query understanding. You … will work closely with Product, Engineering, DevOps, and Data teams to design and deliver strategic projects that directly impact customer experience. What you’ll be doing Fine-tuning keyword search (including BM25), query expansion, and retrieval methods (ANN dense retrieval, sparse retrieval, semantic search). Applying techniques such as entity/name density recognition, query understanding, query rescorers … and learning-to-rank models. Experimenting with embeddings and vector search to improve personalisation and semantic relevance. Running offline evaluations to test and validate search performance improvements. Creating APIs to integrate custom ML models for reranking, personalisation, and visual merchandising. Optimising indexes and experimenting with analyzers to improve stability and performance. Collaborating cross-functionally with Product, ML Engineers More ❯
Bury, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom Hybrid / WFH Options
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Search Relevance Engineer - REMOTE UK/US/EU About the role We are looking for an experienced Search Relevance Engineer to help shape and optimise the search experience for millions of users. This role sits at the intersection of engineering and data science, focusing on search relevancy, ranking models, and query understanding. You … will work closely with Product, Engineering, DevOps, and Data teams to design and deliver strategic projects that directly impact customer experience. What you’ll be doing Fine-tuning keyword search (including BM25), query expansion, and retrieval methods (ANN dense retrieval, sparse retrieval, semantic search). Applying techniques such as entity/name density recognition, query understanding, query rescorers … and learning-to-rank models. Experimenting with embeddings and vector search to improve personalisation and semantic relevance. Running offline evaluations to test and validate search performance improvements. Creating APIs to integrate custom ML models for reranking, personalisation, and visual merchandising. Optimising indexes and experimenting with analyzers to improve stability and performance. Collaborating cross-functionally with Product, ML Engineers More ❯
Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom Hybrid / WFH Options
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Search Relevance Engineer - REMOTE UK/US/EU About the role We are looking for an experienced Search Relevance Engineer to help shape and optimise the search experience for millions of users. This role sits at the intersection of engineering and data science, focusing on search relevancy, ranking models, and query understanding. You … will work closely with Product, Engineering, DevOps, and Data teams to design and deliver strategic projects that directly impact customer experience. What you’ll be doing Fine-tuning keyword search (including BM25), query expansion, and retrieval methods (ANN dense retrieval, sparse retrieval, semantic search). Applying techniques such as entity/name density recognition, query understanding, query rescorers … and learning-to-rank models. Experimenting with embeddings and vector search to improve personalisation and semantic relevance. Running offline evaluations to test and validate search performance improvements. Creating APIs to integrate custom ML models for reranking, personalisation, and visual merchandising. Optimising indexes and experimenting with analyzers to improve stability and performance. Collaborating cross-functionally with Product, ML Engineers More ❯
Altrincham, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom Hybrid / WFH Options
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Search Relevance Engineer - REMOTE UK/US/EU About the role We are looking for an experienced Search Relevance Engineer to help shape and optimise the search experience for millions of users. This role sits at the intersection of engineering and data science, focusing on search relevancy, ranking models, and query understanding. You … will work closely with Product, Engineering, DevOps, and Data teams to design and deliver strategic projects that directly impact customer experience. What you’ll be doing Fine-tuning keyword search (including BM25), query expansion, and retrieval methods (ANN dense retrieval, sparse retrieval, semantic search). Applying techniques such as entity/name density recognition, query understanding, query rescorers … and learning-to-rank models. Experimenting with embeddings and vector search to improve personalisation and semantic relevance. Running offline evaluations to test and validate search performance improvements. Creating APIs to integrate custom ML models for reranking, personalisation, and visual merchandising. Optimising indexes and experimenting with analyzers to improve stability and performance. Collaborating cross-functionally with Product, ML Engineers More ❯
Central London / West End, London, United Kingdom Hybrid / WFH Options
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Search Relevance Engineer - REMOTE UK/US/EU About the role We are looking for an experienced Search Relevance Engineer to help shape and optimise the search experience for millions of users. This role sits at the intersection of engineering and data science, focusing on search relevancy, ranking models, and query understanding. You … will work closely with Product, Engineering, DevOps, and Data teams to design and deliver strategic projects that directly impact customer experience. What you’ll be doing Fine-tuning keyword search (including BM25), query expansion, and retrieval methods (ANN dense retrieval, sparse retrieval, semantic search). Applying techniques such as entity/name density recognition, query understanding, query rescorers … and learning-to-rank models. Experimenting with embeddings and vector search to improve personalisation and semantic relevance. Running offline evaluations to test and validate search performance improvements. Creating APIs to integrate custom ML models for reranking, personalisation, and visual merchandising. Optimising indexes and experimenting with analyzers to improve stability and performance. Collaborating cross-functionally with Product, ML Engineers More ❯
Ashton-Under-Lyne, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom Hybrid / WFH Options
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Search Relevance Engineer - REMOTE UK/US/EU About the role We are looking for an experienced Search Relevance Engineer to help shape and optimise the search experience for millions of users. This role sits at the intersection of engineering and data science, focusing on search relevancy, ranking models, and query understanding. You … will work closely with Product, Engineering, DevOps, and Data teams to design and deliver strategic projects that directly impact customer experience. What you’ll be doing Fine-tuning keyword search (including BM25), query expansion, and retrieval methods (ANN dense retrieval, sparse retrieval, semantic search). Applying techniques such as entity/name density recognition, query understanding, query rescorers … and learning-to-rank models. Experimenting with embeddings and vector search to improve personalisation and semantic relevance. Running offline evaluations to test and validate search performance improvements. Creating APIs to integrate custom ML models for reranking, personalisation, and visual merchandising. Optimising indexes and experimenting with analyzers to improve stability and performance. Collaborating cross-functionally with Product, ML Engineers More ❯
Search Relevance Engineer - REMOTE UK/US/EU Read the overview of this opportunity to understand what skills, including and relevant soft skills and software package proficiencies, are required. About the role We are looking for an experienced Search Relevance Engineer to help shape and optimise the search experience for millions of users. This … role sits at the intersection of engineering and data science, focusing on search relevancy, ranking models, and query understanding. You will work closely with Product, Engineering, DevOps, and Data teams Please click on the apply button to read the full job description Remote working/work at home options are available for this role. More ❯
Search Relevance Engineer - REMOTE UK/US/EU About the role We are looking for an experienced Search Relevance Engineer to help shape and optimise the search experience for millions of users. This role sits at the intersection of engineering and data science, focusing on search relevancy, ranking models, and query understanding click More ❯