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Senior AI Search engineer

commercetools · London, England, United Kingdom (Hybrid)

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This role has been open
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Reposted
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Salary listed
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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

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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 enhancing 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 with a distributed team.

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
  • Equity participation program allows you to share in our success

Worth weighing

  • Role involves on-call rotations which may require off-hours support
  • Hybrid work model requires three days a week in the office, which may not suit all candidates
  • Focus on AI-driven solutions suggests a need for 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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