Overview
Company name: Typeface | HQ Location: Palo Alto, CA, CA | Website | LinkedIn
Role: Backend Engineer Search
- Experience: 2-6 years
- Location: Hyderabad
- Type: Full-time
About the Role
We’re looking for a talented Backend Engineer (Search) to join our core engineering team. You’ll be working at the intersection of search, AI, and backend infrastructure — helping us deliver blazing-fast, highly relevant, and secure search experiences to our users.
What You’ll Do
- Design, implement, and maintain search infrastructure using Elasticsearch, RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation), and LLMs
- Build and optimize APIs and services in Java or Python to support intelligent content retrieval
- Collaborate closely with frontend, product, and AI teams to ship features end-to-end
- Own backend performance, scalability, and reliability for critical search systems
- Contribute to architectural decisions and tech strategy as we scale
- Continuously experiment with new tools and techniques to improve our retrieval stack
What We’re Looking For
- Strong experience with Elasticsearch and search algorithms
- Hands-on exposure to LLMs, RAG, and generative AI applications
- Proficient in Java and/or Python for backend development
- Solid understanding of API design, microservices, and distributed systems
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced startup environment with ownership and autonomy
- Experience working with React is a plus, but not mandatory