Senior Search Applications Performance Engineer

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About the role

  • Optimize and scale search applications and infrastructure ensuring reliable search experiences. Work at the intersection of search technology and performance engineering to enhance document understanding capabilities.

Responsibilities

  • Implement performance monitoring and optimization strategies for Compass search services and the integration with North
  • Develop and maintain benchmarking frameworks to evaluate search model performance and infrastructure efficiency
  • Collaborate with modeling teams to optimize search models for faster response times and reduced resource consumption
  • Work on scaling the search services while maintaining high availability and low latency
  • Partner with product teams to translate performance requirements into technical implementations
  • Develop and optimize new tool surfaces for agentic search experiences

Requirements

  • You have proficiency in Python and backend search technologies (OpenSearch, ElasticSearch, Weaviate, FastAPI)
  • You possess experience with data or evaluation pipelines and performance benchmarking
  • You have experience profiling applications hosted on a mix of CPU, GPU, and autoscaled compute nodes
  • You can communicate technical performance metrics effectively to cross-functional teams
  • You have 4+ years of experience contributing to production environments

Benefits

  • An open and inclusive culture and work environment
  • Work closely with a team on the cutting edge of AI research
  • Weekly lunch stipend, in-office lunches & snacks
  • Full health and dental benefits, including a separate budget to take care of your mental health
  • 100% Parental Leave top-up for up to 6 months
  • Personal enrichment benefits towards arts and culture, fitness and well-being, quality time, and workspace improvement
  • Remote-flexible, offices in Toronto, New York, San Francisco, London and Paris, as well as a co-working stipend
  • 6 weeks of vacation (30 working days!)

Job title

Job type

Full Time

Experience level

Senior

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Tech skills

ElasticSearchPython

Location requirements

RemoteCanada

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