Senior Software Engineer, Data Science Engineer

Summary

Join Lucidworks' SaaS Engineering team as a Senior Engineer and contribute to building and scaling our cutting-edge search platform. You will work within the Data Science Chapter, bringing research to large-scale production deployments. Develop and maintain Python and Java services, build APIs, optimize model deployments, and collaborate with international teams. This remote-first position requires 8+ years of software development experience, including expertise in Java or Python and experience with ML model deployment. Lucidworks offers a competitive salary, comprehensive benefits, and a collaborative work environment.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience
• 8+ years of professional experience in software development, with exposure to increasingly complex environments
• 6+ years of experience in Java development (and/or) 6+ years of experience in Python development
• Willingness to participate in a 24x7 on-call rotation to help support the services you develop; we take an end-to-end ownership approach to what we build!
• Working with deploying ML models into production environments
• Debugging ML deployments with a focus on both correctness and speed
• Experience with public cloud-based environments (GCP is a plus)
• Familiarity with developing microservices and event-driven architectures, particularly in a Kubernetes-based environment
• Quality-oriented; we write our own tests
• Results-oriented; you take pride in delivering high-quality work
• Successful completion of a background check

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain Python services leveraging FastAPI, Ray, and vLLM
• Develop and maintain Java services written in Spring Boot (we use Java 21)
• Contribute to scaling a distributed, multi-tenant data platform
• Build and maintain APIs and interfaces for internal and external customers, aiming to improve accessibility and ease of use
• Create services that use deep learning models to provide a cutting-edge search experience
• Optimize our model deployments for latency and throughput
• Participate in software design discussions and contribute ideas and feedback
• Engage with team members in a fast-paced, Agile environment
• Collaborate effectively with international development teams
• Uphold the core values, policies, and procedures of Lucidworks

Preferred Qualifications

• Resourceful-willing to jump in, be agile/flexible, leverage existing resources to accomplish goals, ability to work independently
• Team player-confident in collaborating with a diverse community of people and personalities across geographies, backgrounds, and professional abilities
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Empathy and care for all stakeholders of Lucidwork including employees, customers, partners, and guests
• Ability to handle confidential information

Benefits

• Top-notch medical, dental and vision coverage
• Equity
• A variety of voluntary benefits
• Generous PTO policy
• Various leave policies
• Discretionary variable bonus
• Many other region-specific benefits