Senior Software Engineer, Algolia

• A rock-solid foundation in Computer Science (data structures, algorithms, software design)
• Rigor in high code quality, automated testing, and other engineering best practices
• Want to work on a complex C++ codebase + experience working on distributed backends
• Experience in the design of major components and leading engineers in the delivery
• Professional spoken and written English skills

Desirable

• We are looking for a Senior Back-end Engineer to grow our Engines team. The team provides the main Search API for Algolia. They build and maintain the Core Search Engine to provide the best performance and scalability for our customers
• We are looking for engineers who are fluent in modern C++, Golang and complex algorithms who will contribute to raise the bar for how we think about search and relevance
• Be a key contributor to the design, development, and ultimately operation of the Search engine system at scale
• 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