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Senior Software Engineer, AI Search

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Posted 10/21/2026full-timeRemote • CzechiaSenior💰 CZK 140,000 - CZK 200,000 per monthWebsite
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Demonstrates expertise in designing and building AI-powered search systems, with strong capabilities in Python programming, hybrid search methodologies, and scalable data infrastructure. Proficient in collaborating with cross-functional teams to enhance search relevance and performance in cloud environments.

Highest-signal resume keywords
Python ProgrammingHybrid Search SystemsElasticsearchAWS Cloud EnvironmentsInformation Retrieval

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies
AWSCloudElasticSearchPython

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Collaborate with product managers and stakeholders to translate business problems into AI-powered search and retrieval solutions
  • Design and build hybrid search systems combining BM25 keyword search and semantic/vector search across large datasets
  • Develop and optimize retrieval pipelines for RAG and AI-driven applications
  • Build scalable pipelines for document ingestion, indexing, embedding generation, and search ranking
  • Partner with the Data team on data collection, enrichment, chunking, and indexing
  • Design and implement AI-powered services combining LLMs with search infrastructure
  • Write Python code to manipulate data, build search pipelines, and evaluate retrieval performance
  • Develop tools and infrastructure for relevance tuning, search quality evaluation, and continuous ranking-model improvement
  • Work with cloud operations to deploy AI search services, monitor performance, and improve latency, relevance, and reliability
  • Help establish the Czech Republic R&D hub and collaborate with U.S.-based teams during the integration period

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • 5+ years of professional software engineering experience, ideally in backend systems or search infrastructure
  • Experience building search or retrieval systems for large document stores
  • Hands-on experience with Elasticsearch, OpenSearch, Solr, or similar search platforms
  • Experience implementing hybrid search combining keyword-based retrieval with vector embeddings
  • Strong Python or equivalent modern tech stack development skills
  • Familiarity with document processing pipelines, including chunking, embeddings, and indexing
  • Experience building scalable data infrastructure into production SaaS systems
  • Experience working in AWS cloud environments and modern DevOps practices
  • Experience with vector databases such as Pinecone, Weaviate, Milvus, or FAISS
  • Experience tuning search ranking and relevance models
  • Background in information retrieval or search relevance engineering
  • Experience building RAG systems or AI agents
  • Experience working with LLMs and retrieval-augmented architectures
  • Familiarity with large-scale document processing, including OCR and structured document extraction
  • Exposure to fintech or the legal industry

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Performance bonus opportunities and employee referral rewards
  • Flexible Time Off (FTO)
  • 13 paid public holidays aligned with the Czech calendar
  • Paid sick leave with additional support through the Czech social security system
  • Maternity, paternity, and parental leave in line with Czech regulations
  • Additional paid paternity leave from 8am
  • Full statutory benefits, including public health insurance, social security, pension, and work accident coverage
  • Access to Coursera (including Gen AI Academy)
  • Ongoing professional development
  • Clear growth paths, regular feedback, and opportunities for advancement
  • Opportunities to travel for company events
  • Local events, outings, and community initiatives
  • Company swag
  • Wellness, learning, and connection programs
  • Flexible hybrid setup with opportunities to work in-person at the new Brno office

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Hard Skills
Software EngineeringSearch InfrastructureDocument Processing PipelinesSearch Ranking TuningRAG SystemsLLMsVector DatabasesData InfrastructureIndexingEmbedding Generation
Soft Skills
CollaborationProblem-SolvingCommunication
Tools & Technologies
ElasticsearchOpenSearchSolrPineconeWeaviateMilvusFAISS
Industry Keywords
FintechLegal IndustrySearch Relevance Engineering