Lead Algorithm Engineer – Search & Recommendation

GoTo Group

. Design and implement algorithms for search, recommendation, or advertising systems to drive discovery and conversion across Goto products.

Posted 4/21/2026full-timeSingapore • 🇸🇬 SingaporeSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

JavaPython

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design and implement algorithms for search, recommendation, or advertising systems to drive discovery and conversion across Goto products.
Build advanced user behaviour models and query/assortment understanding models using LLMs and LLVMs to improve matching accuracy between users, queries, and items across search and recommendation systems.
Collaborate with product, engineering, and business-facing data science teams to define problems, run experiments, and deploy solutions at scale.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Master’s degree or higher in Computer Science, Machine Learning, NLP, CV, or a related field; strong programming skills in Python, C++, or Java.
Hands-on experience with search/ recommendation/ads systems, with proven improvements to ranking, retrieval, or ad targeting models.
Familiarity with LLMs and/or LLVMs, with experience integrating them into search or recommendation pipelines a strong plus.
Demonstrated ability to innovate with new algorithms or tools and drive measurable impact, especially making use of Large language Models (LLMs) and Large Language and Vision models (LLVMs) in search modeling or recommendation modeling
Strong product intuition and ability to reason from user behavior data and traffic patterns.
Good communication skills in English, both written and verbal.
Self-motivated, curious, and excited by the opportunity to build high-impact systems quickly.

Benefits

Comp & perks

🌐 Worldwide ❌ Jobs You've Hidden ⭐️ Saved Jobs ✅ Applied Jobs ✉️ Email Alerts 👤 Account GoTo Group Website LinkedIn All Job Openings 10,000+ employees GoTo is the largest technology group in Indonesia, combining on-demand, e-commerce and financial services through the Gojek, Tokopedia and GoTo Financial brands. It is the first platform in Southeast Asia to host these three essential use cases in one ecosystem, capturing a majority of Indonesian consumer household expenditure. Lead Algorithm Engineer – Search & Recommendation 🔥 13 minutes ago 🏢🏡 Singapore – Hybrid ⏰ Full Time 🟠 Senior 👷🏻‍♀️ Engineer Java Python Apply Now Find Hiring Managers Customize resume for this job Report problem ☆ Save ☑️ Mark as applied ❌ Hide 📋 Description
Design and implement algorithms for search, recommendation, or advertising systems to drive discovery and conversion across Goto products.
Build advanced user behaviour models and query/assortment understanding models using LLMs and LLVMs to improve matching accuracy between users, queries, and items across search and recommendation systems.
Collaborate with product, engineering, and business-facing data science teams to define problems, run experiments, and deploy solutions at scale. 🎯 Requirements
Master’s degree or higher in Computer Science, Machine Learning, NLP, CV, or a related field; strong programming skills in Python, C++, or Java.
Hands-on experience with search/ recommendation/ads systems, with proven improvements to ranking, retrieval, or ad targeting models.
Familiarity with LLMs and/or LLVMs, with experience integrating them into search or recommendation pipelines a strong plus.
Demonstrated ability to innovate with new algorithms or tools and drive measurable impact, especially making use of Large language Models (LLMs) and Large Language and Vision models (LLVMs) in search modeling or recommendation modeling
Strong product intuition and ability to reason from user behavior data and traffic patterns.
Good communication skills in English, both written and verbal.
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Hard Skills & Tools

PythonC++Javasearch systemsrecommendation systemsadvertising systemsranking modelsretrieval modelsad targeting modelsalgorithms

Soft Skills

communication skillsself-motivatedcuriousproduct intuitionproblem-solvingcollaborationinnovationuser behavior analysistraffic pattern reasoningmeasurable impact

Certifications

Master’s degreePhD