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Senior Manager, Software Engineering (Search)
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- Headquarters
- Work setup
- Not specified
- Seniority
- Senior
- Employment
- Contract
- Experience
- 12+ years
- Category
- Software engineering
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- Strong search platform background with experience in Solr, Elasticsearch, and/or Amazon OpenSearch.
- Proven expertise in search relevance tuning, query optimization, and performance monitoring.
- Solid understanding of information retrieval principles and search algorithms.
- Engineering background with strong experience in Java (Python a plus).
- Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
- Familiarity with DevOps practices and tools such as Docker and Kubernetes.
- Experience managing cloud-based search platforms.
- Strong problem-solving, communication, and project management skills.
Nice to have
- Experience supporting e-commerce or enterprise-scale search platforms.
- Advanced education in project management or leadership.
- ITIL certification.
Full description
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The Senior Manager, Application Development - Search Platforms plans, organizes, and administers a major application development area focused on enterprise search. This role provides technical leadership for search platform strategy, development, and operations, ensuring scalable, high-performing, and relevant search experiences across digital commerce channels. The Senior Manager oversees multiple development teams and is accountable for the design, delivery, and ongoing optimization of search platforms.
This position is located in Springfield, MO.
Areas of Focus
Search Strategy & Planning
- Develop and execute an enterprise search strategy aligned with business and customer experience goals.
- Define, measure, and report on metrics to evaluate search effectiveness and relevance.
- Analyze search performance and customer behavior to identify optimization opportunities.
Search Platform Management
- Lead enterprise search platforms including Solr, Elasticsearch, and Amazon OpenSearch.
- Ensure high availability, scalability, and performance of search environments.
- Oversee search index design, schema configuration, and query pipelines.
- Drive search relevance tuning initiatives, including boosting, weighting, ranking strategies, and synonym management.
- Monitor platform performance and lead troubleshooting and optimization efforts.
Essential Job Functions
- Manage the analysis, design, development, implementation, and testing of search-related applications using approved methodologies.
- Lead multiple development teams to deliver scalable, high-quality search solutions.
- Provide technical direction, coaching, and performance feedback to team members.
- Build effective teams, allocate resources, and promote engineering best practices.
- Lead hiring, promotion, and performance management decisions.
- Maintain accountability for all systems within the search platform domain.
- Assess project value and prioritize initiatives based on business impact.
- Partner with stakeholders to define requirements, evaluate options, and plan delivery.
- Manage capacity planning, resource allocation, and operating and capital budgets.
- Oversee third-party vendors and contract evaluations.
- Maintain awareness of emerging search and cloud technologies.
- Ensure compliance with development standards, security requirements, and organizational policies.