Lead Software Engineer in Search Technology

Cantina, Inc.

Elevate your career as a Senior Staff Software Engineer at Cantina Labs, specializing in Search & Recommendation. Shape the future of social AI while leading search architecture and optimizations. In this pivotal role at Cantina Labs, you will own end-to-end search and recommendation systems to enhance user engagement and discoverability. Responsibilities include designing and managing the architecture for various surfaces, focusing on relevance metrics and quality control. Your expertise will guide the evolution of our search systems, impacting how users experience AI characters and content discovery. Key Responsibilities:

Own architecture for search and recommendation processes
Define and implement relevance metrics for outputs
Design ranking systems and online experiments
Manage OpenSearch indexing and performance
Collaborate on personalization and feature pipelines

Requirements:

10+ years in software development, expertise in search
Hands-on with OpenSearch or similar search engines
Experience in relevance measurement frameworks
Understanding of backend systems and Go programming
Experience with rapidly growing content systems preferred

Shape the future of social AI as a Senior Staff Software Engineer, creating impactful search solutions. #J-18808-Ljbffr

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