Senior Software Engineer, Search & Recommendations
$185,000 to $230,000
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Posted 43 days ago
SENIORITY
Lead
SALARY
$185,000 to $230,000
About the role
- Design, develop, and oversee our enterprise search infrastructure, employing a mix of vector databases, full-text search engine, and relational database techniques.
- Understand the user's information needs by developing deep learning-based NLP algorithms to analyze, reformulate and suggest search queries effectively.
- Design, implement, and deploy various ranking algorithms to deliver the most relevant results with the best user experience.
- Evaluate and optimize algorithm accuracy by focusing on key metrics..Constantly track and analyze end-to-end system performance, leading improvement initiatives as required.
- Stay informed about the latest industry developments and emerging technologies, aligning our search system with, or advancing it beyond, the industry benchmarks.
- We're looking for someone who
- Holds a Masters degree in Computer Science, or a relevant field, PhD a plus.5+ years of experience in search, recommendation or question answering systems. In-depth knowledge of relevance measurement, tuning, and modeling.
- Engineering experience with large language models and RAG systems. Expertise in Python and/or C++.Exceptional problem-solving capabilities coupled with meticulous attention to detail.
- Outstanding communication skills to explain complex concepts convincingly to non-technical team members.
- Abilities to contribute individually while functioning effectively as part of a team.
- Familiarity with embedding-based search systems will be considered a major advantage.
- About Otter.aiWe are in the business of shaping the future of work. Our mission is to make conversations more valuable.
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