SeeqPod is seeking an experienced Senior Search Engineer
Superb written and verbal communication skills.
Self-directed, highly motivated, and eager to make a positive impact.
Able to build consensus among parties with conflicting needs.
Deep understanding of Internet search engine and data mining technologies, and strong foundation in system design, software architecture, web technologies.
Strong algorithm background, awareness of time and space complexity.
Experience developing and scaling search applications in terms of query complexity, response time, content size.
Knowledge of semantic web and AI concepts, data structures and algorithms, standards, and modern software implementations thereof, especially as applied in a distributed computing context.
Deep understanding of internet protocols and technologies from both the server and client perspective.
Solid understanding of OO software design principles.
Demonstrated ability to debug complex code in a production environment.
Experience writing fault tolerant, high performance, scalable, dynamic, database-driven web applications.
Working knowledge of standard tools for optimizing and testing code.
Prior architecture and demonstrated technical leadership skills are critical for this role.
Expertise in Distributed/Scalable Systems and Algorithms is a huge plus along with refereed publications in related conferences.
Past experience handling large amounts of data on distributed platforms.
Experience with modern search techniques and technologies such as Lucene, Xapian, FAST, Nutch, and/or NLP tools).
Familiarity with current generation of web application frameworks.
Strong knowledge and keen interest in emerging tools and technologies in the industry.
Experience developing using XP methodologies.