Senior Search Engineer, Data Platform

About The Role

The Data Platform team at Pagoda is building the search experience on near.org, allowing users and developers to quickly discover content, applications built on different blockchains, and search code examples. We focus on building scalable, performant, and reliable infrastructure to allow developers to add their own indexes to our search engine and increase engagement on the near.org.

What You'll Be Doing

• Collaborate with a fully distributed team around the world;
• Develop extensible search capabilities on near.org for on-chain and off-chain content;
• Develop frameworks for software engineers to build search plugins;
• Build TypeScript-based indexers to power search and other APIs;
• Make Performance optimizations and scalability/reliability improvements;
• Follow the minimal processes, like technical roadmaps, OKRs, milestones, regular team meetings;
• Participate in on-call rotations.

What We're Looking For

• Hands-on experience building search experiences using ElasticSearch, Algolia or other Search-as-a-Service products is a must.
• Understanding data processing and storage solutions and ability to find balance between cost, performance and scalability.
• Experience building complex analytical SQL queries;
• Ability to quickly learn new programming languages and technologies.
• Creativity to come up with proof of concept from high level design while not knowing all the details;
• Ability to write clean yet efficient code in a variety of programming languages and technologies, including TypeScript, Rust, SQL, Python;
• Effective communication skills to convey your ideas and discuss with team members for technical challenges.

We'd Love If You Have

• Open source contributions and previous or continued involvement in open source communities;
• Experience setting up continuous integration pipelines, observability tools and metrics;
• Familiarity with Ethereum development and related technologies (web3.js, ethers.js, etc)
• Familiarity with other crypto or blockchain technologies;
• Experience working at a startup.

Here’s What Our Interview Process Looks Like

Our interviews take place via Zoom and typically consists of the following stages:

• Recruiter Screen 
• First Round: 
  • Coding Interview
  • Systems Design Interview
• Final Round
  • Hiring Manager Interview 
  • Pagoda Values Interview

Compensation

The base salary range for this role is $148,750 - $195,000, which represents the salary range applicable to US locations only. This does not include bonus, incentives, or benefits.

The actual base pay within the range is dependent upon many factors, including: leveling, relevant skills, and work location. If you are based outside of the US, there are other geographic considerations that may impact your final compensation. Your recruiter can share more about the compensation and benefits applicable to your preferred location during the hiring process.