Career Mentors, LLC

Senior / Staff Software Engineer (Search)

NEW YORK, New York, United States · Staff+ · Full-time

Sponsorship not specified$190k-$220kDetected 132 days ago

TypeScriptBackend DevelopmentMachine LearningData EngineeringData Science

About the role

Solve entity resolution challenges across messy, real-world datasets - de-duplication, merging, cleaning, structuring.

Design, build, and scale backend services that power search, recommendations, and relevant data retrieval.
Build and optimize data pipelines to ingest, normalize, and index large volumes of government and enterprise data.
Create retrieval pipelines using embeddings to search and reason across thousands of documents (vector search, semantic retrieval).
Own projects end-to-end: from technical design and implementation through deployment and iteration.
Collaborate closely with product and engineering teams to deliver data-driven features.
Experience building search systems, data pipelines, or recommendation systems at a startup (ideally Series B/C).
1-2 candidates ASAP The Role Greenfield opportunity to build search, recommendation, and knowledge systems from the ground up.
Backend-leaning role focused on designing and scaling intelligent retrieval pipelines, data engineering, and AI-driven discovery across massive, messy document sets.
The government requires TopTechTalent.ai to maintain information on those who seek employment with the company, including their race and sex.

5+ years of professional software engineering experience.
Background in data science, information retrieval, or recommendation systems.
Hands-on experience with embeddings, vector search, or RAG.
Strong backend development expertise with TypeScript / Node.js.
Comfort working with large, messy, real-world datasets.
Self-starter with an ownership mentality who thrives in a fast-paced startup environment.
Must be a US Person per ITAR.
Traits to Avoid Candidates with no industry experience (purely academic PhDs)

$190,000 - $220,000 base + competitive equity Hiring: 1-2 candidates ASAP The Role Greenfield opportunity to build search, recommendation, and knowledge systems from the ground up.

PhD or Master's in Machine Learning or related field (higher studies can offset some years of experience).

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