Commerce is looking for a Software Engineer II to join our Search Team. You will play a key role in developing BigCommerce's core search capabilities, contributing to the design, development, and maintenance of our Elasticsearch-based platform. Your work will directly enhance the shopping experience for millions of shoppers and support the needs of our merchants.
What You'll Do
- Contribute to the design and development of features for our advanced search solutions using Elasticsearch, with a focus on PHP and Golang.
- Support, maintain, and extend the search indexing pipeline using RabbitMQ and Redis.
- Collaborate with product managers, UX designers, and other engineers to translate business requirements into well-engineered technical solutions.
- Assist in driving improvements to search performance, relevance, and user experience.
- Partner with senior engineers to implement best practices and troubleshoot complex issues within our PHP and Go codebases.
- Participate in an on-call rotation to support the stability and performance of the search platform.
What We're Looking For
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or Management Information Systems, or equivalent experience.
- 3+ years of software development experience.
- 1+ years of experience with distributed messaging tools like RabbitMQ or Kafka.
- Strong proficiency in PHP and/or Golang, as well as SQL.
- Solid understanding of search concepts and experience with Elasticsearch.
- Strong problem-solving and debugging skills.
- Excellent communication and collaborative teamwork skills.
Nice to Have
- Experience with large-scale, high-traffic microservices architectures.
- Previous experience with Scala or Java.
- Familiarity with relevance and scoring within Elasticsearch.
- Experience with other components of the Elastic Stack (Kibana, Logstash).
- Familiarity with containerization technologies like Docker.
Technical Stack
- Languages: PHP, Golang, SQL, Scala, Java.
- Search & Data: Elasticsearch, Kibana, Logstash.
- Infrastructure & Messaging: RabbitMQ, Redis, Kafka, Docker.
Team & Environment
You will join our Search Team, contributing to the core search capabilities that power the BigCommerce platform.
Work Mode
This is a remote position open to global candidates.
We are an equal opportunity employer and the inclusive atmosphere we build together will make room for every person to contribute, grow and thrive. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the interview process, to perform essential job functions and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.
