Senior Search Engineer

<div class="content-intro"><p><span class="AnswerParser_TextContainer__z_Iiv" data-testid="youchat-text"><strong>you.com is an AI-powered search and productivity platform designed to empower users with personalized, efficient, and trustworthy search experiences.</strong> As a cutting-edge technology company, we combine advanced AI models with user-first principles to deliver tools that enhance discovery, creativity, and productivity. At you.com, we are on a mission to create the most helpful search engine in the world—one that prioritizes transparency, privacy, and user control. </span></p> <p><span class="AnswerParser_TextContainer__z_Iiv" data-testid="youchat-text">We’re building a team of innovators, problem-solvers, and visionaries who are passionate about shaping the future of AI and technology. </span><span class="AnswerParser_TextContainer__z_Iiv" data-testid="youchat-text"><strong>At you.com, you’ll have the opportunity to work on impactful projects, collaborate with some of the brightest minds in the industry, and grow your career in an environment that values creativity, diversity, and curiosity.</strong> If you’re ready to make a difference and help us revolutionize the way people search and work, we’d love to have you join us!</span></p> <p> </p></div><p><strong>you.com is an AI Infrastructure company and designed to empower customers with the highest quality search and AI tools.</strong> At you.com, we are on a mission to create the most helpful search engine in the world—one that prioritizes transparency, privacy, and user control.</p> <p>We’re building a team of innovators, problem-solvers, and visionaries who are passionate about shaping the future of AI and technology. <strong>At you.com, you’ll have the opportunity to work on impactful projects, collaborate with some of the brightest minds in the industry, and grow your career in an environment that values creativity, diversity, and curiosity.</strong> If you’re ready to make a difference and help us revolutionize the way people search and work, we’d love to have you join us!</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>About the Role</strong></p> <p>As a <strong>Search Engineer</strong> at You.com, you will blend deep analytical thinking with practical engineering skills to investigate, develop, and implement novel solutions for our search indexing systems. Your work will focus on advancing the core technology that powers our search engine, ensuring that our index is comprehensive, up-to-date, and optimized for speed and relevance. You will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to translate complex research into practical, scalable applications.</p> <p>This is a remote position open to candidates based in the United States. We also have co-working spaces in the San Francisco Bay Area and New York.</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Responsibilities</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong>Design and Implement Scalable Indexing Systems:</strong> Architect, prototype, and maintain efficient, robust, and distributed indexing pipelines for web-scale data.</li> <li><strong>Advance Search Retrieval/Ranking:</strong> Research and apply state-of-the-art methods (NLP, ranking, ML) to improve index quality, freshness, and retrieval performance.</li> <li><strong>Collaborate Across Teams:</strong> Work closely with data engineers, ML engineers, and product teams to integrate novel features and user signals into the search systems.</li> <li><strong>Profound love for Speed and Efficiency:</strong> Profile and optimize indexing workflows for low la ... (truncated, view full listing at source)