Otterai

Senior Software Engineer, Search & Recommendations

Mountain View, CA · Senior

Sponsorship not specified$185k-$230kDetected 69 days ago

PythonAlgorithmsVector DatabasesDeep LearningNLPLLMsRAGAccessibilityCommunicationProblem Solving

About the role

We're excited to welcome a talented and passionate Senior Software Engineer to join our highly skilled team.

Design, develop, and oversee our enterprise search infrastructure, employing a mix of vector databases, full-text search engine, and relational database techniques.
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.
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.

Salary Range: $185,000 to $230,000 USD per year
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Understand the user's information needs by developing deep learning-based NLP algorithms to analyze, reformulate and suggest search queries effectively.

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