ClickUp
Technology
StaffBackendEngineer,Search
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“Staff Backend Engineer, Search at ClickUp. Skills: Search infrastructure, OpenSearch, ElasticSearch, Vector search. Design robust search solutions. Improve search relevance”
What You'll Achieve.
Improve search relevance; Improve search accuracy; Improve search speed; Ensure search results remain up-to-date
Industry & Context.
Problem-solving skills
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, 7+ years of experience as a search engineer, expertise in search technologies, Experience measuring and optimizing search quality, Experience with high-volume, distributed data processing systems, Proven ability to optimize query parsing, indexing, and relevance tuning, analytical and problem-solving skills, Excellent communication skills
Nice to Have
Hands-on experience with vector embeddings, semantic search implementations, Experience with TypeScript in backend systems, architecting search solutions that maintain performance, Experience applying machine learning to enhance search relevance, Knowledge of information retrieval concepts, search evaluation metrics
What You'll Do.
Design robust search solutions
Improve search relevance
Improve search accuracy
Improve real-time indexing pipelines
Create measurement frameworks
Build vector search capabilities
Integrate search into new features
Troubleshoot search-related issues
Mentor junior engineers
Contribute to engineering best practices
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Collaborate with AI teams; Collaborate with backend teams; Collaborate with product teams; Collaborate across teams
Communication Scope
Communication skills
Full Job Description
At ClickUp, we're building the future of work: the first truly converged AI workspace unifying tasks, docs, chat, calendar, and enterprise search, all supercharged by context-driven AI. We are an AI-native company. Every team member is expected to leverage AI daily, and we evaluate AI fluency as part of our hiring process. Join us and help redefine what's possible. 🚀 ClickUp is seeking a talented Staff Search Engineer to join our team and help revolutionize our search capabilities. As a key member of our engineering team, you'll be responsible for optimizing and enhancing our search functionality, which is a critical feature of our platform and underpins our AI efforts. YOUR IMPACT AT CLICKUP As a Staff Engineer on the search squad, you'll be responsible for designing, optimizing, and scaling our search infrastructure. You'll work with OpenSearch / ElasticSearch technologies to ensure users can instantly find exactly what they need across their workspace. Your expertise will directly contribute to making ClickUp the most intuitive and responsive productivity platform available. CORE RESPONSIBILITIES - Design and implement robust search solutions that scale with our rapidly growing user base - Improve search relevance, accuracy, and speed to deliver the most relevant results to users at blazing fast speeds - Improve out real-time indexing pipelines to ensure search results remain up-to-date - Create measurement frameworks to evaluate and improve search quality - Build and enhance vector search capabilities to power next-generation search experiences - Collaborate with AI, backend, and product teams to integrate search into new features - Troubleshoot complex search-related issues at scale - Mentor junior engineers and contribute to engineering best practices TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS: - Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field - 7+ years of experience as a search engineer or in a directly related role - Strong expertise in search technologies, particularl
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