Solr and Elasticsearch Developer

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Momento USA is a global technology consulting talent acquisition and creative development firm that addresses clients most pressing needs and challenges. We are currently looking for a Solr and Elasticsearch Developer

Job Title: Solr and Elasticsearch Developer

Location: New York NY

Job Summary:

We are seeking a skilled and experienced Search Engineer with hands-on expertise in both Apache Solr and Elasticsearch. The ideal candidate will be responsible for designing developing and maintaining scalable search solutions that power intelligent search experiences across our platforms. You will work closely with data engineers backend developers and product teams to implement advanced search features optimize indexing pipelines and ensure high performance and relevance.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design and implement scalable search solutions using Solr and Elasticsearch.
• Develop and maintain indexing pipelines for structured and unstructured data.
• Optimize search relevance using analyzers tokenizers stemming boosting and custom scoring.
• Implement advanced search features such as faceted search autocomplete spell correction and synonyms.
• Monitor and tune performance of search clusters queries and indexing jobs.
• Integrate search services with backend APIs and front-end applications.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand search requirements and deliver solutions.
• Ensure high availability fault tolerance and security of search infrastructure.
• Document architecture configurations and best practices.

Required Skills & Qualifications:

• Bachelors or masters degree in computer science Engineering or related field.
• 7 years of experience in strong hands-on experience with Apache Solr and Elasticsearch (at least 2 3 years with each).
• Proficiency in Java Python or Scala for backend development and integration.
• Experience with search schema design indexing strategies and query optimization.
• Familiarity with RESTful APIs JSON and data modeling.
• Experience with log analysis monitoring tools and search cluster management.
• Knowledge of text analysis natural language processing (NLP) and information retrieval concepts.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with search UI frameworks (e.g. React Search UI Kibana or custom dashboards).
• Familiarity with cloud-based search deployments (AWS OpenSearch GCP Azure).
• Experience with data ingestion tools like Logstash Beats or Apache NiFi.
• Exposure to machine learning-based ranking models or semantic search.
• Experience with containerization (Docker Kubernetes) and CI/CD pipelines.

Note: Momento USA is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex pregnancy sexual orientation gender identity national origin age protected veteran status or disability status.