Senior Search Engineer (Solr/ Elasticsearch)

teems.it is a growing IT company delivering solutions impacting the European technology market. It focuses on usability, modern technology, and transparency, offering stable international projects in a remote-first model with an office in Kraków.

• Hands-on experience with Apache Solr and Querqy or deep knowledge of Elasticsearch/OpenSearch.
• Strong proficiency in Java or Kotlin with Spring Boot or similar frameworks.
• Experience implementing vector search and hybrid search solutions.
• Proven ability to use language models for advanced query understanding.
• Familiarity with MongoDB or other NoSQL databases.
• Practical knowledge of AWS cloud environment and Docker.
• Strong background in building and scaling search systems within complex domains.
• Openness to utilizing AI tools to enhance productivity.
• Excellent English skills (minimum B2+).

Nice to have:

• Experience with e-commerce platforms.
• Knowledge of German is a plus.

• Owning, operating, and continuously improving the client's product search system.
• Leveraging vector and hybrid search along with language models to enhance query understanding and search relevance.
• Generating ideas, prototyping, and driving new search features to final rollout.
• Working in a remote-first, agile (Scrum or Kanban) environment focused on collaboration and high impact.