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Senior AI Search engineer

commercetools · Valencia, Spain (Hybrid)

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Ghost-job risk at commercetools
moderate
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Hiring momentum
50 roles opened in the last 90 days
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Last confirmed on the employer's board
2026-09-24

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About this role

As a Senior AI Search Engineer on the Discovery Team at commercetools, you will focus on building the retrieval layer for product discovery, addressing challenges like semantic and hybrid retrieval. Your role involves designing and implementing search functionalities in a PaaS ecommerce Scala backend, analyzing user needs, and collaborating with product management and DevOps. You will also participate in on-call rotations for production systems, contributing to a team that values creativity and problem-solving.

Our read on this posting3.0out of 5
benefits
2/5
freshness
5/5
career value
4/5
role clarity
4/5
pay transparency
0/5

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What you need

  • 5+ years of experience as a Software Engineer working in search
  • Experience with building search solutions on top of engines, such as Elasticsearch, Solr, OpenSearch, or similar
  • Fluent English communication skills to work in international teams
  • AI Aptitude: A genuine curiosity for using AI tools to work smarter and more effectively

Nice to have

  • Experience using modern search stacks and strategies to optimize search relevance (Vector and Hybrid Search, Learning to rank, Re-ranker)
  • Experience developing REST APIs and knowledge of scalable event-driven architectures
  • Experience working with Scala or other functional programming languages
  • Experience with infrastructure work and other technologies like Helm, Kubernetes, and Rust

What you get

  • Comprehensive health benefits for you and your dependents, including access to OpenUp for personalized mental health support
  • Learning and development opportunities including an annual learning budget, access to self-paced learning platforms and language training, personalized coaching, mentorship, and leadership programs
  • Family Leave Plus gives you additional fully paid weeks of parental leave on top of government-provided leave
  • Our equity participation program allows you to share in our success

Worth weighing

  • Hybrid role with three days a week in the office
  • Focus on complex challenges may require strong problem-solving skills
  • No specific salary or compensation details provided

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Listed by commercetools on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-24. PitchMeAI is not the employer.

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