Our Guiding Stars are the values at the heart of our organization that drive everything we do. We are committed to creating meaningful change not only in our industry but also in the communities we engage with. If our Guiding Stars resonate with you, we encourage you to consider joining our team.
- Drive Results: We think big, work smart, and execute fast to transform the future of commerce
- Cultivate Belonging: We welcome diverse backgrounds and experiences, driving positive change through inclusion and teamwork
- Champion Customers: We go the extra mile for our customers to help them unlock their full potential
- Adapt Boldly: We’re curious and innovative, we take risks and grow from our failures
Are you a seasoned Engineer passionate about building scalable and resilient search infrastructure systems at the heart of a global commerce platform? We're looking for a Staff Engineer Search Infrastructure to join our team. In this pivotal role, you will be at the heart of modernizing and optimizing our core infrastructure capabilities, ensuring a seamless and high-performing experience for our customers and other teams.
This role offers a hybrid work environment with three days a week in one of our local offices. We're ideally looking for candidates based in or close to London, Munich, Berlin, or Valencia. However, we are also open to considering candidates based remotely in the UK, Germany, or Spain.
- Architecting and implementing our search clusters on AWS and GCP, driving the modernization of our search infrastructure to support our evolving platform
- Pioneering the future of our search infrastructure by leading the technical conversation, creating and driving RFCs, and influencing key design decisions
- Fine-tuning and optimizing our systems for peak performance and efficiency, ensuring an infrastructure supporting lightning-fast search experience for our users
- Developing robust tooling to streamline critical workflows like user management, empowering engineering teams and enhancing overall productivity
- Automating and scaling our Elasticsearch clusters, transitioning from manual processes to a fully automated, resilient solution
- Partnering with cross-functional teams across engineering, product, and operations to deliver seamless search experiences and robust solutions
What you need to succeed:
- Relevant experience in infrastructure development, with a focus on building and maintaining internal tools
- On-the-job experience working with Rust as it is a core part of our technology stack
- Proven ability to design and implement scalable and resilient systems that can handle high loads and maintain high availability
- Hands-on exposure and deep understanding of modern CI/CD deployment pipelines
- Strong familiarity with Elasticsearch is essential
- Hands-on exposure to MongoDB, ideally with using MongoDB Atlas Cloud
- A pragmatic problem-solver with a passion for building robust internal tools and a knack for operational excellence
- Comfortable operating in the latest technologies and have a solid background in DevOps
We care about your growth and well-being
💰 Competitive Compensation Package: Generous compensation structure consisting of salary, a competitive stock option package, and various benefits and perks
☀️ Workation: Work up to 60 days per year in a country different from your home country, with 20 working days per trip
💻 Learning & Development Budget
📚 Academy: Regular training sessions, access to Coursera and Babbel training courses
🙌 Our Benefits: Check them out here
⌚️ Flexibility: Morning person or night owl? We believe in outcome and motivated employees
🚀 Mindset & Growth: A diverse workplace with an open, international culture, and learning environment
Come grow with us!
We are all different and that is what makes us stronger! We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds, not just because it’s the right thing to do, but because it makes our company better.
At commercetools, we are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to fair hiring practices regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.
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