Software Engineer-II

Summary

Join Bloomreach, a leading provider of agentic personalization platforms, as a Backend Software Engineer on the Search Quality team. You will be responsible for hosting and serving thousands of indexes at a massive scale, working with a collaborative team to improve system scalability using cloud technologies. This role offers the opportunity to influence architectural solutions and contribute to a platform trusted globally. The AI Search team focuses on transforming customer interactions with digital storefronts, building a scalable search engine integrating machine learning and natural language understanding. You will design, develop, and maintain backend services, collaborate with scientists and engineers, and optimize for low-latency and high-availability performance. Bloomreach offers a flexible, virtual-first work environment with various benefits and a strong emphasis on personal development and well-being.

Requirements

• BS/MS in Computer Science or a related field
• 2+ years of professional software engineering experience building backend systems using Java or Python
• Strong grasp of computer science fundamentals including algorithms, data structures, and distributed systems
• Experience working with cloud environments (AWS or GCP) and containerized deployments (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes)
• Proven experience with distributed systems, microservices architecture, and large-scale data pipelines
• Experience with big data technologies such as Hadoop, Spark, Kafka, and data lakes
• Strong analytical and debugging skills; passion for clean code and sustainable software practices
• Interest in or exposure to machine learning technologies in real-world applications

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain backend services and distributed systems powering search at scale
• Collaborate with applied scientists and ML engineers to bring research prototypes into production
• Work across the full stack of our AI Search architecture, from ingest and indexing to query-time ranking and retrieval
• Integrate big data and real-time streaming systems (e.g., Kafka, Spark) to process and learn from user behavior at scale
• Optimize for low-latency and high-availability performance across hundreds of millions of queries per day
• Operate in a fast-paced, collaborative environment, where your work will directly influence customer success

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with search engines such as Apache Solr, Lucene, or Elasticsearch
• Familiarity with vector search, embeddings, or retrieval-augmented generation (RAG)
• Contributions to open-source projects or ML infrastructure
• Experience with metrics-driven development and A/B testing frameworks

Benefits

• A great deal of freedom and trust
• We believe in flexible working hours to accommodate your working style
• We work virtual-first with several Bloomreach Hubs available across three continents
• We organize company events to experience the global spirit of the company and get excited about what's ahead
• We encourage and support our employees to engage in volunteering activities - every Bloomreacher can take 5 paid days off to volunteer
• We have a People Development Program -- participating in personal development workshops on various topics run by experts from inside the company
• Our resident communication coach Ivo Večeřa is available to help navigate work-related communications & decision-making challenges
• Our managers are strongly encouraged to participate in the Leader Development Program to develop in the areas we consider essential for any leader
• Bloomreachers utilize the $1,500 professional education budget on an annual basis to purchase education products (books, courses, certifications, etc.)
• The Employee Assistance Program -- with counselors -- is available for non-work-related challenges
• Subscription to Calm - sleep and meditation app
• We organize ‘DisConnect’ days where Bloomreachers globally enjoy one additional day off each quarter, allowing us to unwind together and focus on activities away from the screen with our loved ones
• We facilitate sports, yoga, and meditation opportunities for each other
• Extended parental leave up to 26 calendar weeks for Primary Caregivers
• Restricted Stock Units or Stock Options are granted depending on a team member’s role, seniority, and location
• Everyone gets to participate in the company's success through the company performance bonus
• We offer an employee referral bonus of up to $3,000 paid out immediately after the new hire starts
• We reward & celebrate work anniversaries -- Bloomversaries!