Senior Software Engineer, Backend (Go)

About

Algolia prides itself on being a pioneer and market leader offering an AI-powered, API-First Search & Discovery platform that empowers 17,000+ businesses to compose customer experiences at internet scale that predict what their users want with blazing fast search and web browse experience. Algolia powers more than 30 billion search requests a week – four times more than Microsoft Bing, Yahoo, Baidu, Yandex and DuckDuckGo combined.

Their mission is to provide their customers with a combination of market-leading keyword and natural language processing via vector search – all uniquely packaged on a single API product and supported by hyper-scale indexing and blazing fast speed. They are used by one in six online users and more than 5 million developers a month.

In 2021, the company closed $150 million in series D funding and quadrupled its post-money valuation of $2.25 billion. Being well capitalised enables Algolia to continue to invest in its market leading platform, to better serve its thousands of customers–including Under Armor, Petsmart, Stripe, Gymshark, and Walgreens, to name just a few.

At Algolia, milliseconds matter !

Job Description

Algolia was built to help users deliver an intuitive search-as-you-type experience on their websites and mobile apps. We provide Algolia NeuralSearch, a next-generation vector and keyword search in a single API with powerful, end-to-end AI processing for every query. Our API is used by thousands of customers in more than 100 countries. Billions of search queries are answered every month thanks to the code we push into production every day.

We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer with experience in a Go and/or Kubernetes environment to join our newly established team. You will play a pivotal role in building a new product from the ground up, focusing on the development of distributed systems and scalable APIs. As part of this team, you'll work on innovative solutions, such as merging or customizing result sets from multiple data sources, to enhance our customers' ability to configure complex search experiences. This is a unique opportunity to shape a new product and drive its technical growth from the early stages.

Your Role Will Consist Of

  • Be a key contributor to the design and development of the Algolia API

  • Be responsible of the quality, soundness of the system

  • Work with other teams to identify, troubleshoot, and resolve high impact issues.

  • Be responsible for operations for Algolia Search including participation in out-of-hours on-call rotation

You Might Be a Fit If You Have

  • Experience in Go development

  • Experience in Kubernetes environment

  • Solid foundation in Computer Science (data structures, algorithms, software design)

  • Rigor in high code quality, automated testing, and other engineering best practices

  • Experience in the design of major components and leading engineers in the delivery

  • Professional spoken and written English skills

Nice To Have

  • Experience in C++

We’re looking for someone who can live our values:

  • GRIT - Problem-solving and perseverance capability in an ever-changing and growing environment
  • TRUST - Willingness to trust our co-workers and to take ownership 
  • CANDOR - Ability to receive and give constructive feedback.
  • CARE - Genuine care about other team members, our clients and the decisions we make in the company.
  • HUMILITY- Aptitude for learning from others, putting ego aside.

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Additional Information

  • Contract Type: Full-Time
  • Location: Paris
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