Engineering Manager, Search Platform

Algolia was built to help users deliver an intuitive search-as-you-type experience on their websites and mobile apps. We provide a search API used by thousands of customers in more than 100 countries. Billions of search queries are answered every month thanks to the code we push into production every day.

The Team

Metis is the cloud-based scalable architecture for NeuralSearch, our AI search engine, which incorporates both keyword and vector search. Metis consists of distributed components which orchestrate the building and storage of indices containing customer data and then querying that data to return search results. The team’s role is to transform Metis into a platform by designing and maintaining reusable libraries and frameworks for use by multiple internal teams.

The role will consist of:

As an Engineering Manager at Algolia, you’ll be at the intersection of people leadership, technical strategy, and product impact. Your mission will be to create the conditions for your team to thrive and deliver meaningful outcomes for our customers. You will:

• Lead, coach, and grow a team of talented engineers, supporting their growth in technical expertise and leadership.
• Partner with product and design to define ambitious yet achievable roadmaps that align with Algolia’s vision.
• Ensure projects are delivered with high quality and reliability, while proactively removing roadblocks.
• Foster a culture of trust, collaboration, and continuous learning.
• Shape technical direction and standards in partnership with senior engineers, ensuring scalability and sustainability of our systems.
• Attract, hire, and support diverse talent. Creating an inclusive environment where every voice is heard and valued.

You might be a fit if you have:

• Proven experience leading engineering teams in a high-growth or product-focused environment.
• A background as a software engineer, with strong technical judgment and the ability to dive deep when needed.
• Experience guiding teams through complex projects, balancing short-term priorities with long-term architectural health.
• A coaching mindset and passion for developing people.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with a track record of working closely with product managers and cross-functional partners.
• Curiosity, adaptability, and a drive to continuously improve both yourself and your team.

Nice-to-haves:

• Experience with Go, Kubernetes, building and maintaining software libraries.
• Familiarity with distributed systems, APIs, or event-driven architectures.
• Prior experience scaling engineering organizations or leading through change.

We’re looking for someone who can live our values:

• GRIT – Problem-solving and perseverance capability in an ever-changing and growing environment
• TRUST – Willingness to trust our co-workers and to take ownership
• CANDOR – Ability to receive and give constructive feedback
• CARE – Genuine care about other team members, our clients and the decisions we make in the company
• HUMILITY – Aptitude for learning from others, putting ego aside

FLEXIBLE WORKPLACE STRATEGY:

Algolia’s flexible workplace model is designed to empower all Algolians to fulfill our mission to power search and discovery with ease. We place an emphasis on an individual’s impact, contribution, and output, over their physical location. Algolia is a high-trust environment and many of our team members have the autonomy to choose where they want to work and when.

While we have a global presence with physical offices in Paris, NYC, London, Sydney and Bucharest, we also offer many of our team members the option to work remotely either as fully remote or hybrid-remote employees. Please note that positions listed as "Remote" are only available for remote work within the specified country. Positions listed within a specific city are only available in that location - depending on the nature of the role it may be available with either a hybrid-remote or in-office schedule.

ABOUT US:

Algolia prides itself on being a pioneer and market leader offering an AI Search solution that empowers 17,000+ businesses to compose customer experiences at internet scale that predict what their users want with blazing fast search and web browse experience. Algolia powers more than 30 billion search requests a week – four times more than Microsoft Bing, Yahoo, Baidu, Yandex and DuckDuckGo combined.

Algolia is part of a cadre of innovative new companies that are driving the next generation of software development, creating APIs that make developers’ lives easier; solutions that are better than building from scratch and better than having to tweak monolithic SaaS solutions.

In 2021, the company closed $150 million in series D funding and quadrupled its post-money valuation of $2.25 billion. Being well capitalized enables Algolia to continue to invest in its market leading platform, to better serve its thousands of customers–including Under Armor, Petsmart, Stripe, Gymshark, and Walgreens, to name just a few. 

WHO WE'RE LOOKING FOR:

We’re looking for talented, passionate people to build the world’s best search & discovery technology. As an ownership-driven company, we seek team members who thrive within an environment based on autonomy and diversity. We're committed to building an inclusive and diverse workplace. We care about each other and the world around us, and embrace talented people regardless of their race, age, ancestry, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, color, veteran status, disability and socioeconomic background.

READY TO APPLY?

If you share our values and our enthusiasm for building the world’s best search & discovery technology, we’d love to review your application!