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Senior Search Platform Engineer

A digital marketplace platform where creators globally buy and sell high-quality design assets
$130,000 - $150,000
Backend
Senior Software Engineer
Remote
5+ years of experience
E-Commerce

Description For Senior Search Platform Engineer

Creative Market, a leading digital marketplace for creators, is seeking a Senior Search Platform Engineer to revolutionize their search capabilities. This role offers a unique opportunity to impact millions of users while working with a fully remote team across Canada and the United States. The position combines search platform ownership with infrastructure maintenance, requiring expertise in Elasticsearch, Python, and AWS technologies.

The ideal candidate will lead efforts in improving search relevancy, filtering, and ranking while ensuring platform reliability. Working within a modern tech stack including AWS services, Elasticsearch, and various databases, you'll collaborate with cross-functional teams to enhance the discovery experience for users accessing over 30 million digital assets.

Creative Market offers a competitive salary range of $130,000 - $150,000 CAD annually, alongside comprehensive benefits including medical coverage, 401k/RRSP matching, and various allowances for professional development and workspace setup. The company strongly values diversity and inclusion, actively encouraging applications from underrepresented groups.

This role presents an exceptional opportunity to join a company where you can have both significant organizational impact and global reach, while working remotely with a collaborative team dedicated to making design accessible to everyone. The position requires a blend of technical expertise in search technologies, infrastructure management, and a proven track record of driving improvements in complex systems.

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Responsibilities For Senior Search Platform Engineer

  • Own and maintain search and ranking engine built using Elasticsearch, Python, Flask, MySQL, ECS and Terraform
  • Collaborate with Product, Data, and Engineering teams on implementing new search features
  • Identify opportunities for incremental ranking and relevance improvements
  • Support infrastructure initiatives and ensure reliability
  • Participate in on-call rotation and respond to infrastructure and search-related incidents

Requirements For Senior Search Platform Engineer

Python
MySQL
PostgreSQL
Redis
  • Experience with search technologies (Elasticsearch or similar) and relevancy algorithms
  • Technical proficiency in Python (Flask is a plus)
  • Familiarity with data lakes, CI pipelines, and data orchestrators
  • Experience with containerized infrastructure (Docker)
  • Knowledge of AWS (ECS, DMS, Kinesis)
  • Experience using infrastructure as code tools (Terraform)
  • Good understanding of Linux and relational databases
  • History of taking initiative to drive improvements
  • Problem-solving skills
  • Ability to work remotely and independently
  • Collaborative, team-oriented mindset

Benefits For Senior Search Platform Engineer

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
401k
Parental Leave
Education Budget
  • 100% remote work environment
  • Medical and dental coverage for employees and dependents
  • Paid vacation and sick time
  • Paid volunteer days
  • US and Canadian holidays observed
  • Paid family leave
  • 401k/RRSP matching
  • Fitness fund
  • Equipment fund
  • Monthly coffee budget
  • Learning and development support
  • Team culture events
  • MacBook Pro (or Air) provided

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