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Scale - Senior Software Engineer

About the company Meilisearch is redefining the future of search for developers and end-users alike. Our open-source, Rust-powered search engine delivers lightning-fast, typo-tolerant, and hyper-relevant results—out-of-the-box, with intuitive APIs and minimal configuration. From powering the discoverability of 300,000+ AI models at Hugging Face to transforming retail experiences for Louis Vuitton, Meilisearch is trusted by thousands of organizations and developers worldwide. Since 2018, we’ve grown into a remote-first team across 8+ countries, backed by leading investors including Felicis Ventures, CRV, Seedcamp, and Vercel CEO Guillermo Rauch. Our vibrant community drives innovation, with every design spec, SDK, and feature built transparently in collaboration with contributors. Join us and help shape the next generation of search—where speed, simplicity, and developer experience come first. About the Scale team In order to ensure Meilisearch continues to scale efficiently while maintaining top performance and cost stability, we are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our Scale Team. At Meilisearch, the Scale Team is responsible for tackling the scalability challenges of our product and infrastructure. Our success metrics are uptime, search latency, indexing speed (time to search), and infrastructure cost stability. You will report directly to the Head of Engineering and collaborate closely with other backend, infrastructure, and engine engineers. What you’ll be doing As a Senior Software Engineer in the Scale Team, your role will include: Scalability & Performance - Designing, implementing and maintaining scalable solutions to support our growing customer base and evolving support needs - Continuously improving search latency and indexing speed by working in collaboration with the engine developers - Optimizing infrastructure costs while maintaining performance - Building and maintaining monitoring and visibility tools to track key performance indicators Incident Management & Operations - Participate in on-call rotation and lead incident response when technical issues arise - Drive post-incident reviews and implement improvements to prevent future occurrences Adaptability & Fast Iteration - Actively contributing to the team’s processes and collaboration to continuously improve our velocity and delivery - Diving into the Meilisearch engine’s internals to identify improvements in our global system - Occasionally contributing to frontend improvements (React + TypeScript) when needed As any Meilisearch member - Promoting the easy-to-use mindset: contributing to developer experience discussions about the Engine API and Cloud interface - Sharing your knowledge and bringing visibility around your work for technical and non-technical teams Our ideal profile Soft skills - Excellent collaboration skills with developers across disciplines - Ability to balance technical depth with strategic thinking - Comfortable making tough technical decisions and aligning stakeholders - Adaptable and able to thrive in ambiguous situations - Flexible mindset, willing to tackle problems outside your initial scope Hard skills Must-have: - Significant experience as a backend and/or infrastructure engineer - Strong knowledge of Ruby on Rails and cloud infrastructure (K8s, AWS, Terraform) - Familiarity with performance & cost optimization and scalability challenges - Ability to contribute occasionally to frontend code (React, TypeScript) - Interest in learning the basics of Rust and understanding the Meilisearch engine’s architecture Nice to have: - Familiarity with observability and monitoring tools - Experience in infrastructure and software benchmarking - Familiarity with distributed database/system - Experience with search engines or large-scale data systems

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About the company Meilisearch is redefining the future of search for developers and end-users alike. Our open-source, Rust-powered search engine delivers lightning-fast, typo-tolerant, and hyper-relevant results—out-of-the-box, with intuitive APIs and minimal configuration. From powering the discoverability of 300,000+ AI models at Hugging Face to transforming retail experiences for Louis Vuitton, Meilisearch is trusted by thousands of organizations and developers worldwide. Since 2018, we’ve grown into a remote-first team across 8+ countries, backed by leading investors including Felicis Ventures, CRV, Seedcamp, and Vercel CEO Guillermo Rauch. Our vibrant community drives innovation, with every design spec, SDK, and feature built transparently in collaboration with contributors. Join us and help shape the next generation of search—where speed, simplicity, and developer experience come first. We are growing quickly and are first and foremost looking for talented people: if you're not seeing any position that fits your profile, don't hesitate to send us your application anyway! Please let us know what your ideal job would be at MeiliSearch :)