Staff Search Engineer

CreatorIQ

Staff Search Engineer designing and evolving CreatorIQ’s real-time search platform. Architecting Elasticsearch clusters, developing APIs in Go, and ensuring scalability for client search experience.

Posted 5/5/2026full-timeWarsaw • 🇵🇱 PolandLead💰 PLN 295,000 - PLN 370,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSElasticSearchGoJavaJavaScriptNode.jsNoSQLPHPPythonRDBMS

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Engage in back-end development to meet our product's evolving needs, ensuring robust, scalable, and high-performance solutions.
Contribute to all stages of the product lifecycle, from conception to deployment, refinement, and scaling.
Design, implement, and maintain ElasticSearch environments, aligning with the product’s performance and scalability requirements.
Work collaboratively with product managers, architects, and other team members to deeply understand and address user needs and business objectives.
Uphold high standards in software development with a focus on clean, testable, and maintainable code.
Participate actively in code reviews, architecture discussions, and continuous refinement of our development processes.
Foster a culture of ownership where team members feel empowered and accountable for their contributions.

Requirements

What you’ll need

7-10+ years of software development experience with a strong background in computer science
3+ years of recent ElasticSearch experience or similar
Capability to design and work with complex systems and high-load services.
In-depth knowledge of ElasticSearch and familiarity with AWS infrastructure.
Proven experience in Golang development or a strong willingness to learn and adapt.
Solid foundation in computing theory, including OOP principles, database theory (RDBMS, NoSQL), and network interactions.
Experience with REST API development, web application frameworks, testing frameworks, and version control systems (GIT).
Proficiency in Python, PHP, or JavaScript (Node.js), Java, particularly in building scalable, high-load services.
Familiarity with CI/CD processes and Agile development methodologies.
Practical communication skills in English for working in an international team environment.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Surprise meal stipends: work from home can’t stop the enjoyment of someone else making a meal for you!
Work/life harmony: 26 days vacation, floating and set holidays, wellness allowance, and paid parental leave.
Medical insurance, life insurance, and business travel insurance.
Stock options as part of our equity-sharing program.
Comprehensive perks program providing stipends for cell phone and internet, home office setup, mental wellness, professional development and tuition reimbursement, plus occasional company-funded meal opportunities throughout the year.

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Hard Skills & Tools

back-end developmentElasticSearchGolangPythonPHPJavaScriptJavaREST API developmentdatabase theoryCI/CD

Soft Skills

collaborationcommunicationownershipaccountabilitycode reviewproblem-solvingadaptabilityattention to detailteamworkleadership