Software Engineer, Search

Who You Are:

You are enthusiastic about pragmatic application of agile software engineering practices.

You are passionate about building and delivering high-quality, durable software. You collaborate within a team of other skilled engineers to tackle complicated problems by combining your strong base of existing skills with perpetually emerging new technologies.

You have the self-discipline to collaborate with distributed teams. You have curiosity and determination to research the unknown or unstructured, translating findings into usable system design & code. You are familiar with cloud-based technology and paradigms.

Finally, you continually drive yourself and others to learn more thru effective team teamwork.

Your Next Challenge:

Work with a team of software engineers responsible for enterprise search at Getty Images. This team develops and deploys new AI/ML technologies, visual search algorithms, computer vision models, and new ranking techniques at scale.

Continuous improvement of the robust systems within our search ecosystem, including microservices, EMR, and LLMs to provide our customers with a compelling search experience spanning more than 400 million image and video assets.

Form strong cross-functional relationships with data platform, data science, UX, SEO, and product teams at Getty Images.

Ensure solutions maintain the highest quality of reliability, resiliency, and security.

Maintain ownership of software changes and code quality from concept to production

What You'll Need:

• 3+ years working with C# or Java and a solid understanding of object-oriented design and development practices
• 2+ years of professional experience with REST APIs
• Experience with SQL and NOSQL databases
• Experience with messaging services such as Kafka and RabbitMQ
• Hands-on experience with cloud technologies like AWS and Azure
• 1+ years of experience with continuous integration / continuous deployment with Git
• Experience in agile processes (e.g. Scrum or Kanban, pairing, etc.)
• Ability to analyze and understand data structures and data flows

Nice To Have:

• Familiarity with search technologies, such as Solr, Lucene, ElasticCache
• Experience with scripting languages such as Python
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code, such as Terraform
• Experience with search algorithms, computer vision and natural language processing
• Experience with monitoring tools such as Splunk, Grafana, and Prometheus

There’s a story in every picture, a narrative in every frame. 

We believe in the power of visuals. As a leading visual content creator, our three brands–Getty Images, iStock, and Unsplash–offer a full range of content solutions to meet the needs of any customer, whatever their size, location, or budget. Whether the goal is commercial or philanthropic, revenue-generating or society-changing, market-disrupting or headline-driving, our visuals help any brand, business, or organization communicate more effectively with their target audience and urge them to action. In other words, we know how powerful an image or video can be—and that it can move the world. 

Working at Getty Images 

Our goal is to be one of the best places to work globally, which means we’re dedicated to providing experiences and resources that allow you to do your best work. Foundational to our culture are our Leadership Principles, which are the shared values that guide how we come together to do our work. We raise the bar and collectively bring solutions while exercising trust, transparency, and care. We actively reject biased behavior and are inclusive of different voices, perspectives, and experiences. We focus on our customers and deliver on our commitments and commercial goals. 

We foster a collaborative and supportive environment that prioritizes delivering results efficiently and using time wisely, so that all employees can achieve balance between commitments to the company and health and well-being in our lives. We value the importance of rest and recovery ranging from company-paid holidays to time away from work.

Getty Images Holdings, Inc. is a publicly traded company, and its common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "GETY". You may be eligible to participate in our employee Stock Purchase Plan, which allows employees to purchase company stock at a 15% discount to market. 

Our employees’ growth, development, belonging, and engagement are important investments. We offer learning experiences ranging from leadership development, diversity and inclusion training, mentoring programs, a high potential program, and professional and skills development. We prioritize staying connected in our hybrid-working world and encourage participation in global morale events and local gatherings, as well as finding community in one or more of our Employee Resource Groups. Learning about our business is paramount, and our open and transparent culture means you’ll have direct access to experts and senior leaders via open forums, all hands, and content hours. 

Getty Images believes that diversity is critical to our success in moving the world and is committed to creating an inclusive, mutually respectful environment that celebrates diversity. We seek to hire based on merit, competence, performance, and business needs. Getty Images is an equal opportunity employer.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances.