Senior Software Developer, Search

📋 Description

• Design and build MaintainX’s end-to-end search platform—from indexing to AI query layers.
• Model search across work orders, assets, and procedures with product/domain experts.
• Ship and iterate rapidly, launching early versions and gathering feedback.
• Operate and optimize distributed systems for reliability, performance, and scale.
• Drive architectural decisions balancing correctness, performance, and maintainability.
• Own integrations between search systems and upstream data sources.

🎯 Requirements

• Hands-on design/build/operation of production search systems end-to-end using Elasticsearch/OpenSearch/Lucene/Solr.
• Understanding of embeddings, chunking, and retrieval strategies.
• Tuning: analyzers, BM25, shard sizing, cluster health, relevance.
• Experience moving systems from implementation to production across backend services and data pipelines.
• Expert English, able to lead managers and present to executives.
• Experience shipping AI-powered or LLM-integrated backend systems.

🎁 Benefits

• Competitive salary and meaningful equity opportunities.
• Healthcare, dental, and vision coverage.
• 401(k) / RRSP enrollment program.
• Take what you need PTO.
• Global team culture reflecting MaintainX values: Smart Humble Optimists.
• Meritocracy where ideas are publicly celebrated.