Search Architect

About Workato

Workato's mission is to help businesses globally streamline operations by connecting data, processes, applications, and experiences.

We achieve this through our AI-powered platform, which enables teams to navigate complex workflows in real-time, driving efficiency and agility.

Our platform empowers organizations of every size to unlock new value and lead in today's fast-changing world.

Responsibilities:

As a Search/Information Retrieval Engineer, you will be involved in the design, development, and optimization of search solutions that deliver exceptional user experiences.

You will combine strong software engineering skills with deep knowledge of information retrieval systems.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop scalable search architectures that maximize precision and recall.
• Design innovative relevance signals that capture user preferences.
• Design indexing strategies that handle massive document collections efficiently.
• Create smart query understanding systems that decode complex user intent.
• Craft ranking models that learn from rich interaction data.
• Build robust testing frameworks to measure and improve search quality.
• Design clean, maintainable code that powers mission-critical search systems.
• Mentor teammates on search architecture and best practices.

Requirements:

We are seeking a highly skilled Search/Information Retrieval Engineer with:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in Computer Science, Information Science, or related field.
• 3+ years of experience developing search solutions.
• Strong proficiency in Python.
• Hands-on experience with search engines (Elasticsearch, Solr, or similar).
• Strong understanding of information retrieval concepts (TF-IDF, BM25, vector search).
• Expertise in SQL databases and experience with NoSQL solutions.
• Experience with text processing, NLP, and relevance tuning.
• Knowledge of modern neural search techniques and vector embeddings.
• Familiarity with relevance evaluation metrics (NDCG, MRR, MAP).
• Experience with large-scale distributed systems.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

Skills and Abilities:

We are looking for a team player with:

• Strong communication and collaboration skills.
• Attention to detail and quality focus.
• Motivation and ability to work independently.
• Passion for search problems.