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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 0 days commercetools's roles stay open a median of 34 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- No 0% of commercetools's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at commercetools
- moderate 15 stale, 8 reposted of 43 open
- Hiring momentum
- 50 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-09-24
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from commercetools's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for commercetools.
About this role
As a Senior AI Search Engineer at commercetools, you will be responsible for building the retrieval layer for product discovery, focusing on search functionalities in a PaaS ecommerce Scala backend. Your role involves designing and implementing search solutions, analyzing user needs, testing software components, and participating in on-call rotations. You will work in a hybrid environment, collaborating with a distributed team to tackle complex search challenges.
- benefits
- 2/5
- freshness
- 5/5
- career value
- 4/5
- role clarity
- 4/5
- pay transparency
- 0/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of commercetools as an employer.
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: 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 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
- Equity participation program allows you to share in the company's success
Worth weighing
- No salary listed
- Hybrid work model requires presence in the office three days a week
- Focus on AI-driven solutions may require continuous learning and adaptation to new technologies
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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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