Senior Engineer, Search

Who are weAt Nosto, we’re on a mission to make every impression relevant. We’re a global leader in the booming e-commerce space and work with amazing customers like FIGS, Muji, Kylie Cosmetics and O’Neill. We are processing data for thousands of merchants with tens of millions of visitors on their sites on a daily basis.Our Commerce Experience Platform uses behavioral data, deep integrations, machine learning, and automated workflows to help brands deliver personalized, high-performing shopping experiences at scale. As an Engineer at Nosto, you’ll be solving one of the biggest challenges brands and retailers face today: How to offer customers relevant and authentic shopping experiences that drive results. We believe in always listening to our customers and achieving big things by accomplishing something small every day.What you would be working onAs a Senior Engineer, you’ll join our Product & Engineering organization in shaping Nosto into the leading global platform for commerce experience. Reporting to the Head of Search Engineering, you’ll work within the team that owns our Search and Category Merchandising product.This is a hands-on technical leadership role. You’ll drive key architectural decisions, champion improvements, and mentor other engineers. Your work spans the full stack—from infrastructure and backend systems to front-end components—and includes contributing to new AI-powered initiatives such as semantic and conversational search.You’ll collaborate closely with engineering teams (SRE, Data & AI team, and Core Front End) along with our product managers and designers, and also have touch points with our customer success and technical solution managers. You’ll also have meaningful freedom to propose technologies and practices, backed by sound reasoning and real customer value. Our approach is pragmatic, iterative, and grounded in solving actual merchant and shopper challenges.Key responsibilities:Build and improve features in the Nosto Search engineDevelop and refine search relevance algorithms, working with analytics to uncover optimization opportunitiesMaintain and evolve search infrastructure and DevOps processes for performance, scalability, and reliabilityDesign internal and external APIsWrite clear and effective internal and customer-facing documentationArchitect new services and systemsSupport internal teams and customers on search-related topicsPartner with product managers and designers through a lean, iterative process—informing sprints, quarterly planning, and annual roadmapsRequired skills and experienceThe main languages will be Scala (primary), Java and TypeScript/JavaScript.The main technologies will be Elastic Search and Apache Flink.The main infrastructure will be AWS built with Terraform.What We OfferApple Devices 💻 📱Ergonomic and centrally located offices🏢 with flexible working hours and remote working options 🏡 🗺️Opportunities to meet and collaborate with awesome team members from all over the world 👋An extra day off on your birthday 🥳Mental Health App benefit 🧘Paid time off to do good for the community around you 🫶About five weeks of vacation 🌴 and other benefits depending on the locationNosto Supports Workplace DiversityWe are committed to Equal Employment opportunities without regard for race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, or veteran status. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.