
SSE - Serach Specialist - Looking for Immediate joiners or 15days NP
at Seed funded product start-up

Job Description
We are looking for a passionate Search Specialist Backend Engineer to join our team. This role will focus on improving and optimizing our search capabilities to enhance user experience, scalability, and relevancy.
Location - Bangalore
Designation - Senior Software engineer - Search Specialist
Responsibilities:
● Design, develop, and maintain the search application, ensuring performance, and scalability.
● Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define and implement search features and improvements.
● Ensure search results are relevant by employing techniques like ranking, personalization, and recommendation.
● Work on complex problems related to search algorithms, data structures, and distributed systems.
● Implement logging, metrics, and monitoring for search services.
● Optimize search by tuning the underlying algorithms, experimenting with new techniques, and leveraging tools like Elasticsearch, Solr, etc.
● Maintain and improve existing search functionalities while ensuring backward compatibility.
● Stay updated with the latest advancements in search technology and industry best practices.
Basic Qualifications:
● Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field.
● Experience with search engines like Elasticsearch, Solr, or similar technologies.
● Solid understanding of algorithms, data structures, and distributed systems.
● Proficiency in Python and Django.
● Familiarity with RESTful APIs and backend services.
● Preferred Qualifications:
● Experience with natural language processing (NLP) or machine learning as applied to search.
● Knowledge of various search relevance techniques and ranking algorithms.
● Experience in a cloud environment (e.g., AWS, Google Cloud, Azure). ● Familiarity with containerization technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.
● Strong analytical and debugging skills. Personal Attributes:
● Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate effectively in a team setting.
● A keen interest in improving user experience through search.
● Proactive, self-motivated, and able to work in a fast-paced environment

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Requirements
- Extensive and expert programming experience in at least one general programming language (e. g. Java, C, C++) & tech stack to write maintainable, scalable, unit-tested code.
- Experience with multi-threading and concurrency programming.
- Extensive experience in object-oriented design skills, knowledge of design patterns, and a huge passion and ability to design intuitive modules and class-level interfaces.
- Excellent coding skills - should be able to convert the design into code fluently.
- Knowledge of Test Driven Development. Good understanding of databases (e. g. MySQL) and NoSQL (e. g. HBase, Elasticsearch, Aerospike etc).
- Strong desire to solve complex and interesting real-world problems.
- Experience with full life cycle development in any programming language on a Linux platform. Go-getter attitude that reflects in energy and intent behind assigned tasks.
- Worked in a startup-like environment with high levels of ownership and commitment.
- BTech, MTech or Ph. D. in Computer Science or related technical discipline (or equivalent).
- Experience in building highly scalable business applications, which involve implementing large complex business flows and dealing with huge amounts of data.
- 3+ years of experience in the art of writing code and solving problems on a large scale.
- An open communicator who shares thoughts and opinions frequently listens intently and takes constructive feedback


Solution Oriented Mindset
- Assist project in all technical aspects of tooling and DevOps
- Proactively lead tools new versions release cycle and documentation
- Proactively identify risks related to application /deliverables and propose a mitigation plan
- Provide custom solutions as per customer requirements
Autonomy & Problem Solving Mindset
- Work in complete autonomy to deliver project deliverables, for advanced technical deliverables, with required level of quality
- Must have troubleshooting skills
Agile Mindset
- Contribute to improvement of internal process, tooling, and quality process
- Design, build and collect technical materials as part of project executions in a spirit of reusability for future engagements and maintain knowledge on best practices, tools, and reusable components for CAST analysis

Able to build API'S
Should have production knowledge
Have deployed solutions in production.

Must Have:
- Thorough experience (Sr. Developer: 3+ years) in core python as well as the Django framework.
- Deep understanding of designing and implementing REST web services/APIs.
- Ability to address authentication and security constraints efficiently.
- Knowledge about Amazon web services and ability to integrate it.
- Ability to write complex python utility scripts.
- Ability to deliver design documentations whenever needed.
- Knowledge of Version Control using SVN/GIT.
- Ability to analyse, debug and resolve basic to complex problems on-demand (independently).
Nice To Have:
- Knowledge with microservice architecture is a BIG plus.
- Knowledge of the docker platform to serve the applications in docker containers and being able to use docker compose will be a plus.
- Leadership and Time Management skills.



This person MUST have:
- B.E Computer Science or equivalent
- 5 years experience with the Django framework
- Experience with building APIs (REST or GraphQL)
- Strong Troubleshooting and debugging skills
- React.js knowledge would be an added bonus
- Understanding on how to use a database like Postgres (prefered choice), SQLite, MongoDB, MySQL.
- Sound knowledge of object-oriented design and analysis.
- A strong passion for writing simple, clean and efficient code.
- Proficient understanding of code versioning tools Git.
- Strong communication skills.
Experience:
- Min 5 year experience
- Startup experience is a must.
Location:
- Remote developer
Timings:
- 40 hours a week but with 4 hours a day overlapping with client timezone. Typically clients are in California PST Timezone.
Position:
- Full time/Direct
- We have great benefits such as PF, medical insurance, 12 annual company holidays, 12 PTO leaves per year, annual increments, Diwali bonus, spot bonuses and other incentives etc.
- We dont believe in locking in people with large notice periods. You will stay here because you love the company. We have only a 15 days notice period.


We are an IIT Bombay incubated, early stage healthcare start up developing a mobile based Ai technology to help reduce health risks for women during their pregnancy. Our Founders are Harvard and Columbia University alums with extensive experience in digital health in the US and India.
Role: Back end developer ( Python + Flask/Django, Location Mumbai, Marol):
Must have:
- 1-4 years hands on experience in Core Python with preferably Flask framework for complex web and mobile applications.
- Deployment experience
- Must have experience with Mongodb, MySQL and AWS
- Experience in Redis, Aerospike
- Good command of API development and deployment ( G Unicorn, Supervisor, Jenkins) Algorithms, system design, OOPS concepts.
- Agility and flexibility to in start up environement with focus on customer, excellent communication skills, and high level of responsibility and responsiveness.
- Project management, scheduling, allocation and delivery.
- Proven experience in agile development, sprint planning and backlog management.
Good to Have:
Experience in Machine Learning, Dialogflow or Rasa for NLP,
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mobile revolution, which will change the way we manage our money on the go. We see ourselves
facilitating this change, through technology and dogged customer centricity.
At PhonePe, we take extra care to make sure you give your best at work, Everyday! And creating the
right environment for you is just one of the things we do. We empower people and trust them to do
the right thing. Here, you own your work from start to finish, right from day one.Being enthusiastic
about tech is a big part of being at PhonePe.
If you like building technology that impacts millions, ideating with some of the best minds in the
country and executing on your dreams with purpose and speed, join us!
Role
As a senior software engineer,
● You will build Robust and scalable web-based applications
● You will need to think of platforms & reuse
● Build abstractions and contracts with separation of concerns for a larger scope
● Drive problem solving skills for high-level business and technical problems.
● Do high level design with guidance; Functional modelling, break-down of a module
● Do incremental changes to architecture: impact analysis of the same
● Do performance tuning and improvements in large scale distributed systems
● Mentor young minds and foster team spirit
● Breaks down execution into phases to bring predictability to overall execution
● Work closely with Product Manager to derive capability view from features/solutions
● Lead execution of medium sized projects
● Work with broader stakeholders to track impact of projects/features and proactively
iterate to improve them
As a senior software engineer, you must have
● Extensive and expert programming experience in at least one general programming
language (e.g. Java, C, C++) & tech stack to write maintainable, scalable, unit-tested
code.
● Experience with multi-threading and concurrency programming
● Extensive experience in object oriented design skills, knowledge of design patterns, and
huge passion and ability to design intuitive module and class-level interfaces
● Excellent coding skills – should be able to convert design into code fluently
● Knowledge of Test Driven Development
● Good understanding of databases (e.g. MySQL) and NoSQL (e.g. HBase, Elasticsearch,
Aerospike etc)
● Strong desire to solving complex and interesting real world problems
● Experience with full life cycle development in any programming language on a Linux
platform
● Go-getter attitude that reflects in energy and intent behind assigned tasks
● Worked in startup like environment with high levels of ownership and commitment
● BTech, MTech, or PhD in Computer Science or related technical discipline (or
equivalent).
● Experience in building highly scalable business applications, which involve
implementing large complex business flows and dealing with huge amount of data.
● 5+ years of experience in the art of writing code and solving problems for large Scale.
● Open communicator who shares thoughts and opinions frequently, listens intently and
takes constructive feedback
As a senior software engineer, good to have
● Ability to drive design and architecture of multiple subsystems
● Ability to break-down larger/fuzzier problems into smaller ones in the scope of the
product
● Understanding of the industry’s coding standards and an ability to create appropriate
technical documentation.


