Senior Search Engineer (Elasticsearch)

Solvd Inc. is a rapidly growing AI-native consulting and technology services firm delivering enterprise transformation across cloud, data, software engineering, and artificial intelligence. We work with industry-leading organizations to design, build, and operationalize technology solutions that drive measurable business outcomes.

Following the acquisition of Tooploox, a premier AI and product development company, Solvd now offers true end-to-end delivery—from strategic advisory and solution design to custom AI development and enterprise-scale implementation. Our capability centers combine deep technical expertise, proven delivery methodologies, and sector-specific knowledge to address complex business challenges quickly and effectively.

Solvd is hiring a Senior Search Engineer to help build and optimize the services behind the food search experience for a large-scale consumer product platform. In this role, you’ll contribute to search services that integrate across multiple engineering teams, own end-to-end Elasticsearch performance and relevance tuning, and partner closely with senior engineers, product, and leadership on experimentation and delivery.

This is a hands-on role for someone with deep production experience in Elasticsearch + Scala, and a modern AI-augmented / agentic development workflow (Cursor, Claude Code, or similar).

Client's location: USA

Working hours: 11 am - 8 pm CET

What you’ll do

• We are looking for an Elasticsearch Engineer with strong expertise managing and scaling Elasticsearch in large-scale production environments. This role will focus on stabilizing and optimizing an existing Elasticsearch deployment that supports high-traffic web applications, addressing current operational challenges, and ensuring the platform can handle peak traffic events.

• The engineer will work closely with internal teams to troubleshoot performance issues, optimize indexing and query performance, and improve cluster reliability and scalability. A key part of the role will be identifying and resolving existing Elasticsearch pain points while ensuring the platform is prepared for high-demand periods.

• The environment includes a custom indexing service, so the candidate should have experience maintaining and extending similar backend components using Scala/Kotlin/etc.

Responsibilities:

• Manage, maintain, and optimize Elasticsearch clusters in production environments

• Troubleshoot performance issues and improve search and indexing performance

• Design and implement improvements for scalability, reliability, and cluster health

• Support high-traffic and peak event scenarios to ensure platform stability

• Maintain and improve the existing Scala-based indexing service

• Collaborate with engineering teams on the modernization of the indexing framework

Required qualifications

• Elasticsearch (production + scale)

  • Strong hands-on experience with Elasticsearch in large-scale production environments

  • Experience scaling Elasticsearch for high-traffic applications

  • Expertise in indexing strategies, shard allocation, query optimization, and performance tuning

  • Experience troubleshooting Elasticsearch cluster issues

  • Development experience with Scala

  • Experience working in distributed systems or high-throughput platforms

Nice to have

• Additional experience leveraging AI workflows for meaningful development acceleration across the full SDLC (design to delivery).

• Prior work on search relevance, ranking systems, or experimentation frameworks in consumer-facing products.

Tech stack / tools

• Elasticsearch

• Scala (primary)

• SQL, Python (supporting)

• Kafka

• Cloud: AWS / GCP

• AI development tools: Cursor, Claude Code, or similar AI-powered coding environments

When you join Solvd, you'll…

• Shape real-world AI-driven projects across key industries, working with clients from startup innovation to enterprise transformation.

• Be part of a global team with equal opportunities for collaboration across continents and cultures.

• Thrive in an inclusive environment that prioritizes continuous learning, innovation, and ethical AI standards.

Ready to make an impact?