Engineering Manager - Core Search Engineering

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Team Overview:

The Search Team at Flipkart is dedicated to refining and optimizing the platform's search infrastructure to facilitate seamless navigation and discovery for users across its extensive product catalog. Building next generation search for Indian ecommerce.

Tasked with enhancing search algorithms, improving relevance ranking, and implementing personalized search functionalities, the team operates at the intersection of technology and user experience. Collaborating closely with product managers, data scientists, and cross-functional teams, they translate business objectives into technical solutions that elevate the overall shopping journey. Moreover, the team continually strives to enhance the reliability, scalability, and performance of Flipkart's search systems, ensuring they can adeptly manage the platform's burgeoning search volumes. Through their commitment to innovation and teamwork, the Search Team plays an instrumental role in fostering customer satisfaction and loyalty within the Flipkart ecosystem.

Position Overview:

As an Engineering Manager for the Search Engineering Team at Flipkart, you will lead a team of skilled engineers in optimizing search functionalities and driving innovation in our search algorithms. You will be responsible for overseeing the end-to-end development process, from ideation to deployment, ensuring the delivery of high-quality, scalable, and efficient search solutions.

Key Responsibilities:

• Build and nurture a world class team of engineers dedicated to pushing the boundaries of innovation and delivering industry-leading solutions in e-commerce search.
• Foster a culture of continuous experimentation and learning, encouraging the team to iterate rapidly and leverage data-driven insights to drive improvements in search relevance and user satisfaction.
• Define and execute the search engineering roadmap, aligning with business objectives and solving user needs.
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, including product management, design, and data science, to prioritize features and enhancements.
• Provide technical expertise and guidance in search algorithms, query understanding, query rewriting and indexing techniques.
• Oversee the design, development, testing, and deployment of search-related features, ensuring adherence to quality standards and best practices.
• Monitor search performance metrics and implement optimizations to enhance search relevance and speed.
• Act as a strategic advisor to senior leadership, providing insights and recommendations on search-related initiatives and opportunities.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• 10+ years of experience in software engineering, with a focus on search technologies.
• 2+ years of experience in a technical leadership or management role, preferably managing engineering teams of 8-12 people.
• Strong understanding of search algorithms, indexing techniques, relevance and ranking.
• Experience with search platforms and frameworks such as Elasticsearch, Solr, or Lucene.
• Proficiency in programming languages such as Java, Python, or C++.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across teams and influence stakeholders.
• Proven track record of delivering complex projects on schedule and within budget.
• Passion for technology and a commitment to staying abreast of industry trends and advancements.
• Experience with applied ML in one or more of the following domains, a plus: search, recommender systems, NLP or computer vision.