About Algolia
Algolia is an API-first platform dedicated to enabling companies to create world-class Search and Discovery experiences. Powering 1.5 trillion searches a year for over 10,000 customers globally, performance and scalability are central to its mission. Algolia values Developer Experience, maintaining high-quality SDKs across numerous languages and platforms. The company values Grit, Trust, Candor, Care, and Humility, seeking problem solvers who think outside the box and are eager to learn and nurture others.
The Team
You will be one of the inaugural hires for the Semantic Search team, which is focused on integrating textual and vector search to drive the next generation of search experiences. This role offers a unique opportunity to contribute to a product from its inception through to scaling to over a trillion searches annually. The ideal candidate possesses a strong understanding of semantic and vector search theory, coupled with a pragmatic view of the current state of the art, to effectively navigate constraints and build search solutions that excel in both textual and semantic matching scenarios.
Your Role Will Consist Of
- Managing the technical implementation of the semantic search pilot.
- Working with a team to bring validated semantic search into production.
- Leading the technical implementation of the semantic search pilot.
- Researching and developing optimal approaches to blend textual and semantic search results.
- Developing semantic search models adaptable for a diverse range of customers across different verticals and languages.
You Might Be a Fit If You Have
- 10+ years experience in ML, with 5+ years experience in search.
- Primary experience in industry settings.
- Proven track record of putting search or ML into production with significant traffic, either as a lead or a senior contributor.
- Experience iterating on models over time and maintaining software in production while working within constraints.
- Master's degree or higher in Computer Science with a focus on Information Retrieval (ML focus is a bonus).
Nice To Have
- Experience with companies at Algolia's current stage and beyond (over 10,000 customers, $50-200M ARR range, high growth, significant change).
- Tech lead experience.
- Published and/or presented research on previous work.