Senior Software Engineer

Who you are

• You have 7+ years of experience in backend software development, with 3+ years in search, information retrieval, or related fields
• You have a passion for architecting, developing and deploying reliable, scalable, and performant systems
• You have expertise in information retrieval, NLP, and machine learning. You have a deep understanding of concepts like indexing, ranking, query parsing, tokenization, and vector search
• You have hands-on experience with at least one major search engine (e.g., Elasticsearch, OpenSearch), and familiarity with search evaluation frameworks (e.g., precision, recall, NDCG)
• You have excellent analytical, problem-solving, leadership, and communication skills
• U.S. Person status is required as this position will require the ability to access U.S. only data systems
• We encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply, even if you don't feel like you're a perfect fit. If you're passionate about contributing to our mission, we'd love to hear from you!

What the job involves

• Search is at the heart of Vannevar’s flagship platform and agentic workflows. We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer, with substantial knowledge and passion for search and information retrieval, to drive innovation in this space
• In this role, you will work directly with our ML and product teams to advance a state-of-the-art search system that fundamentally drives our users’ ability to surface mission critical information
• Design and adapt the technical strategy for search within Vannevar’s products, including how we leverage full-text search, vector databases, LLMs, NLP, and relevance algorithms
• Improve both search latency and relevance
• Collaborate with product engineers, designers, and mission strategists to translate user needs into data-informed search innovations
• Research and apply emerging technologies, trends and best practices in the search/information retrieval domain to improve index quality, freshness, and retrieval performance

Benefits

• Health/Dental/Vision Insurance
• Equity + 401(k) Match
• Open PTO + all Federal Holidays and Dec 23-31
• Paid Parental Leave
• 100% Remote - Work From Anywhere in the US
• Flexible Work Environment - You Manage Your Work Day
• Quarterly Off-Site Travel for Team-Building