Search Software Developer, MaintainX

• Experience building and owning backend infrastructure, ideally in Node.js, C#, or similar
• Proven ability to take ambiguous problems from 0 → 1, including designing new systems and iterating without much prior art
• Strong understanding of distributed systems (microservices, pipelines, indexing jobs, etc.)
• Experience with search engines such as Elasticsearch, OpenSearch, Lucene, Solr, Typesense, or other
• Familiarity with search-specific tuning: analyzers, BM25, shard sizing, cluster health, and relevance optimization
• Comfort managing infrastructure using tools like Kubernetes, Terraform, and Atmos

Desirable

• We’re starting a brand-new Search team to make it easier for users find exactly what they need across MaintainX
• As one of the first engineers on this team, you’ll play a critical role in designing, building, and scaling search infrastructure that reflects the unique shape of the MaintainX domain
• This is a zero-to-one role
• You’ll be scoping ambiguity, shipping usable search early, and evolving it with fast feedback loops
• If you enjoy building systems from scratch, obsess over performance and relevance, and want your work to power daily decisions across industries, we’d love to talk
• Design and implement search infrastructure from the ground up, indexing pipelines, query layers, ranking systems, and more
• Collaborate with product and domain experts to model search around core MaintainX entities like work orders, assets, and procedures
• Ship fast, iterate fast, launch early versions, gather feedback, and improve rapidly
• Operate and optimize distributed systems, ensuring reliability, performance, and scalability under real-world load
• Drive architectural decisions, balancing correctness, performance, and long-term maintainability
• Own integrations between search systems and upstream data sources
• (Optional but valued) Explore semantic search, vector retrieval, and AI-enhanced relevance using modern ML tooling
• On-call duties