Software Engineer

Summary

Join Constructor's Query Team as a Mid-Level Engineer and help shape the search and autosuggest experience for millions of users. You will develop and optimize advanced query-processing techniques, maintain systems infrastructure, and implement features to improve query processing. This role requires experience building and scaling high-traffic backend systems, a solid grasp of algorithms and data structures, and experience designing and implementing backend infrastructure. You'll collaborate effectively with others and contribute to a positive team culture. Constructor offers a fully remote work environment, unlimited vacation time, a work-from-home stipend, Apple laptops, a training and development budget, maternity/paternity leave, and regular team offsites.

Requirements

• Build and scale high-traffic, high-availability backend systems
• Have a solid grasp of algorithms/data-structures and their trade-offs, particularly in the context of information retrieval
• Design and implement infrastructure for backend systems (deployment automation, resource provisioning, system observability, etc.)
• Pick up new tools and technologies and work across a variety of stacks
• Collaborate effectively with others and contribute to a positive, solution-oriented team culture

Responsibilities

• Develop and optimize advanced query-processing techniques like autocompletion, spelling correction, and natural language processing
• Maintain our systems' infrastructure
• Implement features to further improve query processing, and better serve our customers' requirements

Benefits

• Unlimited vacation time - we strongly encourage all of our employees take at least 3 weeks per year
• Fully remote team - choose where you live
• Work from home stipend! We want you to have the resources you need to set up your home office
• Apple laptops provided for new employees
• Training and development budget for every employee, refreshed each year
• Maternity & Paternity leave for qualified employees
• Regular team offsites to connect and collaborate