Senior Software Engineer, Search

What you will do:

• Backend engineering to maintain microservicesserving an access point to Getty Images Search 
• Build scalable software solutions that provide a tailored search experience based on customer metrics 
• Form strong cross-functional relationships with engineering, data science, and product teams at Getty Images 
• Maintain focus on reliability, resiliency, and security 
• Take ownership of changes and code quality from concept to production 

What we are looking for:

• Experience building and operating complex distributed systems at scale 
• Empathy for users and their business goals 
• Proven experience building and leading software engineering teams with a focus on  
• inclusion and diversity 
• Tenacity and the ability to balance competing priorities across multiple cross-functional stakeholders 
• Orientation towards long-term impact as the yardstick for prioritization, but able to strike  
• the right balance between short-term goals and longer-term vision 
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills 
• Curiosity and pragmatism 

Qualifications & Experience:

• Proficient in C# with great object-oriented design practices 
• Working knowledge of search algorithms and their practical applications. 
• Hands-on experience with AWS Technologies (Such as Dynamo, ECS, EC2, S3) 
• Experience with containers and container schedulers (Docker, ECS) 

Nice to have:

• Familiarity with the following: Solr/ Lucene, Spark, or Kafka
• Knowledge or experience with FAISS, vector search, or NLP 
• Understanding of Java or other object-oriented languages 
• Understanding and utilization of scripting languages such as Bash, Python and Ruby 
• Experience with CI/CD and Gitlab 
• Experience with monitoring tools such as Splunk, Grafana, and Prometheus