Search Engine Architect - Jersey City

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Architect for Search Division to $150K Base (cap!) Bonus

 

The company is developing a new, niche search product which is the first of its kind on the market. This is a huge undertaking. Candidates who are interviewing will sign a non-disclosure…

 

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Architect – Search

 

Responsibilities:

• Lead and mentor all search index development team members.
• Instill best practices across all development efforts.
• Manage R&D for both next generation product development and new product development.
• Assist in resource planning and allocation.
• Participate in buy/build decisions

 

Qualifications:

 

Highly Desired (Candidates with these skills are given top consideration)

• Experience with high volume, high-performance systems  
• Experience with Information Retrieval
• Search engine technology experience (Lucene, FAST, Verity / Autonomy, etc.)
• Search domain expertise (e.g. crawling, indexing, document parsing, linguistics, relevancy, query log analysis, etc.)

 

      Required (Candidates must have these skills or need not apply)

• Bachelors Degree in Information Systems (or other computer-related discipline) or equivalent experience
• Experience designing and deploying Enterprise Software Applications on industry standard frameworks required.
• Excellent application development skills with tools like Java, JSP/Servlets, EJBs, C++, XML, & the like.
• Strong object oriented programming skills.
• Experience with distributed architecture required.  (e.g. Applications running on 10+ servers)
• Experience with database design and performance required
• Must be an experienced team leader.
• Ability to think creatively and suggest alternative development solutions.
• Ability to complete projects on a timely basis with minimal supervision.
• Strong verbal and written communications skills.
• Substantial real-world experience and prior involvement working on high-visibility software projects and managing multiple projects concurrently

 

 We might be able to arrange for a small sign-on bonus to assist with relocation.

 

 

Email resume in Word to thebiggamehunter@cisny.com  ONLY IF YOU HAVE THE EXPERIENCE SOUGHT. Please include the job code with the position.

NO RELOCATION. NO 3RD PARTIES. NO OVERSEAS RESUMES.

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