Algolia

Senior Software Engineer - Search Platform

Algolia · Paris, France

Posted about 3 months ago · $50-200 · Previously reposted

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Is this posting real?

This role has been open
81 days
Algolia's roles stay open a median of 81 days
Reposted
Yes
taken down and listed again at least once
Salary listed
Yes
21% of Algolia's roles list one
Ghost-job risk at Algolia
high
30 stale, 3 reposted of 34 open
Hiring momentum
61 roles opened in the last 90 days
↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
Last confirmed on the employer's board
2026-10-23

Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Algolia's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Algolia.

About this role

As a Senior Software Engineer on the search team at Algolia, you will contribute to the design and development of their AI search engine, NeuralSearch, which involves managing distributed systems and large datasets. Your role includes ensuring system quality, participating in on-call operations, and collaborating with other teams to resolve issues. The position offers flexibility in work location, allowing for fully remote, hybrid, or in-office arrangements in Paris.

Our read on this posting3.0out of 5
benefits
1/5
freshness
1/5
career value
4/5
role clarity
4/5
pay transparency
5/5

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What you need

  • Experience designing and operating distributed systems in production
  • Experience working with large datasets and high traffic
  • Rigor in high code quality, automated testing, and other engineering best practices
  • Excellent spoken and written English skills
  • Experience at our current stage and beyond ($50-200M ARR range, high growth, lots of change and building internal infrastructure)

Nice to have

  • Experience in Go
  • Experience in Kubernetes
  • Sensitivity to Site Reliability Engineering

What you get

  • Base Salary Pay Range €67.500 — €94.000 EUR
  • Flexible workplace model allowing for remote or hybrid work options

Worth weighing

  • No specific mention of technologies used in the current stack
  • Role involves participation in an on-call rota which may require out-of-hours work
  • The job requires a strong understanding of complex distributed systems, which may be challenging for some candidates

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Listed by Algolia on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-23. PitchMeAI is not the employer.

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