SE/SSE-Search & Match

Position Overview:

BOLD is seeking a Search professional. Work in search technology plays a critical role in building and maintaining the systems that power search engines and other search-based platforms. We're looking for someone who has a passion for software development and uses the best of new and emerging technologies to create revenue-generating software products in a deadline-driven environment.

Company Overview:
BOLD is an established and fast-growing product company that transforms work lives. Since 2005, weve helped more than 10,000,000 folks from all over America (and beyond!) reach higher and do better. A career at BOLD promises great challenges, opportunities, culture and the environment. With our headquarters in Puerto Rico and offices in San Francisco and India, were a global organization on a path to change the career industry.

Key Responsibilities:

Search & Match Optimization

• Design and implement advanced search capabilities, including text-based search, deep search, semantic search, intent resolution, ranking, boosting, and relevance tuning.
• Ensure system performance at scale with advanced indexing strategies, sharding, and caching mechanisms.
• Incorporate user behaviour signals (e.g., click-through rates, job applications) and feedback loops to optimize relevance and ranking continuously.
• Design and execute A/B tests, multi-armed bandit experiments, and statistical models to assess the impact of search algorithm changes.
• Develop personalization techniques, including behavioural matching, skill mapping, and semantic search for tailored job recommendations.
• Collaborate with data science teams to implement advanced resume parsing and predictive modelling
• Use geospatial and temporal analytics to ensure search results are contextually relevant and actionable for candidates.
• Prioritize bias mitigation and fairness in search recommendations to create an inclusive platform for diverse candidates.

Required Skills:

• Strong expertise in search technologies (e.g. Solr, Elasticsearch) and search optimization (boosting, ranking, relevance tuning).
• Excellent experience in object-oriented programming language (C#.)
• Proficiency in backend development using .Net Web API and microservices architecture.
• Experience with message brokers (Azure service bus, Kafka, RabbitMQ) and caching tools (Redis).
• Knowledge of cloud platforms (Azure, AWS) and CI/CD pipelines.
• Familiarity with database performance tuning and indexing for SQL and NoSQL databases.
• Strong grasp of data structures, algorithms, and design patterns.
  
  

+Additional skills (Good to have):

• Exposure to machine learning or NLP for advanced search features.
• Exposure to vector search
• Familiarity with Python for automation or ML integration.
• Experience with observability tools for system health monitoring.
• Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills.
• Excellent communication skills for cross-functional collaboration.
• Versed in Agile methodology