Software Engineer, Search & Retrieval

About Topsort 

At Topsort we're reshaping the e-commerce landscape with our cutting-edge growth media infrastructure and tools. We believe in making advertising intuitive, intelligent, and genuinely cool, without any of the creepy ads or cookie-obsession (well, maybe just the chocolate ones). In a rapidly changing industry, we're on a mission to democratize monetization access for all and ensure that advertising doesn't leave any brand or seller feeling confused or overwhelmed.

Our team is all about straightforward communication, embracing feedback without taking it personally, and fostering a super collaborative environment. We thrive on working together, lifting each other up, and getting things done with a sense of urgency. We're the kind of team that loves making bold choices, sharing extraordinary opinions, and maintaining a 100 mph pace. No endless meetings here – if it can be done today, we're all about getting it done today.

What you will do at Topsort

• Develop and enhance search functionalities using Elasticsearch or similar. 
• Customize Elasticsearch to incorporate special scoring algorithms for retrieval. 
• Optimize search indexing and retrieval performance.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or Master’s in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field. 
• 3+ years of experience with search technologies (Elasticsearch). 
• Strong Golang and/or Java programming skills and understanding of search algorithms.
• Experience with Elasticsearch internals, plugins, and customizations. 
• Familiarity with machine learning techniques for search ranking and personalization.
• Nice to have: experience with Lucene and with personalized search and recommendation systems. Knowledge of natural language processing (NLP).

What motivates you

• Great opportunity to experience early stage startup life at a seed stage startup that’s scaling quickly;
• A fast-paced remote team that is international, hard-working, and kind!
• Day-to-day interactions with kind, smart peers;
• Deep experience building and scaling go to market efforts;
• Career support - our team cares deeply about helping you leverage this opportunity for what’s next. We’ll have regular career check-ins to ensure you’re also getting the most out of this;
• Introductions to our collective network of founders, investors, mentors, and more if useful.

What is it like to work at Topsort?

• Direct and Speedy: We give candid feedback, push each other to set higher goals and produce more impact by always thinking “how do we do this faster and better”.
• Embrace a Sports Team Mentality: We are all helpful and collaborative internally. You are ultimately surrounded by just different people that are all here to help you get the job done and shine as a team.
• Constant Improvement: The best way to grow is by doing. The Topsort team is made of action-driven, intelligent, and curious individuals who are constantly seeking improvements and reinventions that lead to a better output and are never content with the status quo.
• Silicon Valley to the World: We were born in the pandemic by Stanford and Harvard alum co founders who offer remote-working options with coworking memberships and (at least) once a year in person offsite gathering.
• Valued for Your Individuality: From personalized birthday gifts to work anniversaries, and management training program or in-person gatherings or career talks and mentorships, part-time DJs and tik-tok vloggers are also commercial leaders and technical staff at Topsort. We don’t take management with a cookie cutter approach - but rather we cherish your quarkes and think it makes us stronger.

Topsort is an equal-opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.