Staff Search Engineer

CreatorIQ

Staff Search Engineer leading the design and evolution of CreatorIQ’s search platform. Architecting and maintaining Elasticsearch clusters for creator discovery across millions of profiles.

Posted 6/16/2026full-timeRemote • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $150,000 - $188,000 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

People: work with talented, collaborative, and friendly people who love what they do.
Guidance: utilize our learning platform to fully get the training and tools you’ll need to become successful here from your first day with us.
Surprise meal stipends: work from home can’t stop the enjoyment of someone else making a meal for you!
Work/life harmony: 15 days of vacation, floating and set holidays, wellness allowance, and paid parental leave.
Whole Health Package: medical, dental, vision, life, disability insurance, and more.
Savings: a 401k (USA) plan to help you plan ahead.
Work from home stipend: to assist you in setting up a home office that works for you (or buy a new dog leash - your choice!).

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Hard Skills & Tools

back-end developmentElasticSearchGolangREST API developmentweb application frameworkstesting frameworksversion control systemsPythonPHPJavaScript

Soft Skills

collaborationcommunicationownershipaccountabilityproblem-solvingadaptabilityattention to detailcode review participationarchitecture discussioncontinuous improvement