Senior/Lead Java Developer with search engine expertise

English

B2 or higher;

Must have: Kotlin, Java Spring Boot, Gradle;

Must have: Good understanding of how search engines works. Experience with Lucene based engines preferred e.g. Elasticsearch, Solr, etc

Must have: Good understanding of semantics search / vector databases , embeddings and LLMs

At least 5 years of work experience including enterprise backend system design experience

Strong knowledge of Java/Kotlin language

Strong knowledge of Spring/SpringBoot

Experience of work with search platforms

Experience with Elasticsearch

Experience of development in production

Familiarity with databases (SQL/PostgreSQL), serving static web assets, and U/UX design

Deep understanding of enterprise application architecture patterns

Experience with distributed systems

Familiar with microservice architecture patterns

Familiar with Containers and Orchestration Systems (Kubernetes/PKS/OpenShift)

Adoption of Agile and DevOps culture

Strong written and verbal communication skills

Experience of work in distributed teams, with US customers

Experience in working with Kafka/Rabbit and caching (Hazelcast/Redis)

Experience in a hybrid cloud environment or willing to learn new techniques and approaches