Help us build the next generation of search

Experience - Senior Engineering Lead

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 and Seedcamp. 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 Role Join Meilisearch's Experience team as a Senior Engineering Lead (Experience Team), bridging technical excellence with strategic vision. In this role you'll split your time between development and technical leadership. You’ll steer our team to technical and operational excellence while ensuring customers receive maximum value through rapid, iterative delivery. Work in partnership with our Head of Experience & Engineering Operations to guide technical decisions, mentor developers, and ensure meaningful customer impact. What You'll Do Strategic Technical Leadership Partner closely with the Head of Experience & Engineering Operations to drive technical decisions and represent team vision to stakeholders Ensure development aligns with product strategy while orienting the team toward innovation Customer-Centric Development Champion iterative delivery approaches that get value to customers quickly Ensure we deeply understand our customers and respond to their needs through rapid feedback loops & ownership of the customer journey Team Development & Collaboration Mentor and guide a team of developers, creating space for their technical growth and best ideas Foster collaborative problem-solving while maintaining technical standards and quality guidelines Hands-On Technical Contribution Spend approximately 50% of your time coding alongside the team Guide architectural decisions and lead by example in code quality and development practices 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 Cross-Functional Partnership Work closely with product stakeholders to translate complex technical concepts into actionable plans Drive process improvements in how we work with other departments and communicate progress Our ideal profile What Makes You Successful You balance technical depth with strategic thinking You thrive in collaborative environments and bring out the best in others You're passionate about customer impact and iterative delivery You're excited about AI's potential and can help orient a team toward that future while staying critically minded on it’s application You can make tough technical decisions while building consensus You're comfortable with ambiguity and can adapt quickly What We're Looking For Essential 8-12+ years of software development experience Deep Ruby on Rails expertise (non-negotiable) Experience with React, AWS, Kubernetes, Docker, GitHub Actions Background in systems engineering & interest in learning Rust fundamentals, understanding our search engine architecture Cross-functional collaboration with product stakeholders 3+ years technical leadership/mentoring experience Strong communication skills Nice to Have Additional backend languages (Rust, Python, Node.js, etc.) Search/database technology background AI/ML experience

Experience - Senior Software Engineer (Rust & Full-stack)

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 and Seedcamp. 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 Role We're looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our Experience team and help us build the future of search technology. You'll be primarily working on Meilisearch, our blazingly fast and ultra-relevant search engine built in Rust. We're seeking someone with a flexible, full-stack mindset - while you'll primarily work on our Rust-based search engine, you should be interested in and able to understand infrastructure, backend systems, and frontend needs to develop the most appropriate features for our production environment. Adaptability across our tech stack is essential so that you have the capacity to contribute where its most impactful. As a key member of our Experience team, you'll work in mission-based squads to drive customer retention, attraction and activation initiatives. This role combines deep technical work with a strong customer focus - you'll collaborate closely with our support team to enhance the customer journey and ensure customers have an excellent experience with Meilisearch. You will report directly to the Head of Experience & Engineering Operations while working hand-in-hand with other engineers and colleagues across the organisation. Key Responsibilities Core Engineering Feature Development: Develop on features such as AI search, personalisation, enhanced data relationships, and search recommendations. Understand our customers, propose & implement new capabilities that support our their real-world needs. Experience Optimisation: Balance performance and relevancy results to enhance the customer experience, ensuring fast, accurate search results that meet user expectations Developer Experience & APIs: Design and build intuitive APIs that make Meilisearch a joy for developers to integrate and use Production Reliability: Participate in on-call rotations and incident management to ensure system reliability and quick resolution of production issues Some of our repositories: https://github.com/meilisearch/meilisearchhttps://github.com/meilisearch/heedhttps://github.com/meilisearch/charabiahttps://github.com/meilisearch/arroyhttps://github.com/meilisearch/deserr Customer-Focused Collaboration Support Partnership: Work alongside our Meilisearch Cloud support team to investigate & resolve complex customer issues and improve product experience Knowledge Transfer: Coach and support team members on engine internals to enable better customer assistance. Identify patterns where we could make big impacts. Customer Impact: Contribute to missions focused on customer retention and activation through both performance improvements and new capabilities Our ideal profile Soft skills Excellent collaboration skills across disciplines. You will be partnering with backend, front end & infrastructure developers, PMs, documentation, and design teams. 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 - 6+ years of experience in C/C++/Rust or equivalent systems programming languages - Fluent in English (oral and written communication) - Structured team experience: Proven ability to communicate effectively about your work, share knowledge, and work rigorously on collaborative projects - Incident management skills: Experience with on-call responsibilities, troubleshooting production issues, and incident response procedures - Rust interest & experience: Strong interest in the Rust language with hands-on experience implementing at least one Rust project (professional or personal) - Full-stack flexibility: Interest in and ability to understand infrastructure, backend, and frontend systems to develop appropriate features for production environments Nice-to-Have - 2+ years of Rust experience, ideally with async Rust - Low-level engineering expertise in disk usage, memory management, and CPU optimization - Algorithmic experience and ability to implement efficient data structures and algorithms - Search engine experience with full-text search, hybrid, indexing, or ranking systems - Open-source contributions and community involvement - API design experience with focus on developer experience - Research aptitude - comfortable reading and implementing concepts from academic papers - Advanced optimisation knowledge in SIMD-oriented optimisation or distributed systems

Growth Marketing Manager

Meilisearch is on a mission to help developers create outstanding search experiences. We strive to make it effortless to find anything, anywhere, by offering a search engine that is quick to set up and easy to understand. With our $15 million funding round completed in September 2022, backed by leading international investors like Felicis Ventures, CRV, and LocalGlobe, our growth is accelerating. As we continue to expand, we're looking for a for a fast-moving, hands-on marketer, capable of shaping and amplifying our marketing efforts to accelerate our growth trajectory. This role is pivotal in steering the engine of our growth, working alongside and with a support of a Head of Marketing and Developer Advocate to fuel our ascent. About this role The Growth Marketing Manager will be instrumental in driving full-funnel growth, focusing on demand and lead generation, driving product sign ups, inbound and organic growth via lifecycle marketing, and marketing operations. What you’ll be doing As a Growth Marketing Manager, you will: - Drive demand generation to convert awareness into qualified leads, trial sign-ups, and sales. - Collaborate with marketing and sales to align content, campaigns, and outbound initiatives. - Manage and optimize paid and organic performance campaigns across key channels. - Use SEO/SEM to boost visibility and attract high-intent traffic. - Build and run lead nurturing and engagement campaigns to improve conversion and retention. - Analyze performance data to refine tactics and maximize ROI. - Oversee marketing operations and automation to improve efficiency. Our ideal profile Soft skills We value our team culture highly and seek someone with: - Exceptional communication skills and the ability to simplify complex topics to close the internal loops - Strong organizational skills and the ability to work and communicate effectively in a remote setting. - High energy, proactive approach, creativity, and adaptability. Hard skills Must-have - 3+ years of experience in a B2B tech startup (preferably early-stage) - Ability to define, build, and lead the growth function from scratch. - Track record in demand generation and data-driven growth. - Strong command of SEO, SEM, and content strategy. - Hands-on experience with performance marketing and paid acquisition. - Excellent project management and stakeholder coordination skills. Nice-to-have - Marketing experience across multiple companies or organizations. - Familiarity with marketing automation, CRM and growth infrastructure tools. - Basic understanding of coding and web development principles. What we offer - The chance to join a fast-growing company in an environment that values - learning, experimentation, and professional growth. - A high-impact role at the center of our growth strategy, with real ownership and autonomy. -Direct collaboration with multiple internal teams and external partners to shape and scale our marketing efforts. Interview process - 30 min screening Interview - you will discuss your professional background, motivation for the role, availability, and salary expectations with a recruiter. You’ll also learn more about why we’re hiring and the profile we’re seeking. - 1h hiring manager interview, You’ll meet Maya, Head of Marketing, and one of our company leaders. This conversation will explore your experience, career progression, and both your strategic and operational skills. - 1h technical fit interview – You’ll have the time to prepare in advance and present a portfolio of your most relevant work for this role, along with an outline of your 30-60-90 day plan. Maya and a team member will review your presentation and ask follow-up questions. - 1h team fit interview. You’ll meet two team members to discuss your collaboration style, values, and work preferences to assess mutual fit. - Reference check – We’ll ask for two professional references, ideally including a former manager or key stakeholder. - Offer stage : We’ll complete a salary benchmark and send you an offer ✨ These are all opportunities for you to ask questions to get to know your potential future team better, and discover more about the scope; Time will be left at the end of each interview so you can ask questions.

Spontaneous applications

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 and Seedcamp. 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 :)