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Software Engineer, Backend

Lucidworks is an enterprise search technology company that provides an AI-powered platform for building search and discovery applications. They specialize in solutions for commerce, customer service, and workplace applications.

Lucidworks

Employee count: 201-500

Mexico only
Lucidworks is leading digital transformation for some of the world's biggest retailers, financial services firms, manufacturers, and B2B commerce organizations. We believe that the core to a great digital experience starts with search and browse. Our Deep Learning technology captures user behavior and utilizes machine learning to connect people with the products, content, and information they need. Brands including American Airlines, Lenovo, Red Hat, and Cisco Systems rely on Lucidworks' suite of products to power commerce, customer service, and workplace applications that delight customers and empower employees. Lucidworks believes in the power of diversity and inclusion to help us do our best work. We are an Equal Opportunity employer and welcome talent across a full range of backgrounds, orientation, origin, and identity in an inclusive and non-discriminatory way.

About the Role

The SaaS Engineering team is responsible for providing a robust platform for our customers. As a Backend Engineer, you will contribute to the development of tools and interfaces to automate the creation, deployment, monitoring, and maintenance of production infrastructure. We operate on a large scale using cutting-edge cloud computing technologies and support mission-critical projects that can make or break customers’ success. If you thrive on building scalable, reliable systems and enjoy working in a collaborative environment, we'd love to hear from you.
Our Backend Chapter builds and manages Lucidworks’ core cloud-based SaaS platform, focusing on our APIs and data management, and developing distributed systems while maintaining state and identity across the platform. As part of the Backend team, you will play a crucial role in supporting our customers by enabling both internal teams and external customers to deploy, manage, and access our services and infrastructure.
We are looking for collaborative engineers who are passionate about their work, the team, and our customers. You will work with a diverse community of personalities spread across multiple time zones, leveraging your communication skills to ensure alignment and progress.
This position reports to the Senior Manager of Backend Engineering. It may include occasional travel to San Francisco HQ (with sufficient notice).

Responsibilities

  • Develop and maintain Java services written in Spring Boot (we use Java 21)
  • Contribute to scaling a distributed, multi-tenant data platform
  • Assist in developing software to facilitate greater automation and operability of services, with a focus on simplicity of use, operation, and performance
  • Build and maintain APIs and interfaces for internal and external customers, aiming to improve accessibility and ease of use
  • Support Lucidworks’ company-wide cloud-first initiative by contributing to the development and maintenance of self-service APIs and data architecture
  • Help secure our cloud-based software services by applying best practices to authentication, authorization, and identity management
  • Participate in software design discussions and contribute ideas and feedback
  • Engage with team members in a fast-paced, Agile environment
  • Collaborate effectively with international development teams
  • Uphold the core values, policies, and procedures of Lucidworks

Our Stack

  • Java 21
  • Spring Boot
  • Google Cloud Platform
  • Kubernetes (GKE)
  • Terraform

Skills & Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience preferred
  • 3-4 years of professional experience in software development, with exposure to increasingly complex environments
  • Willingness to participate in a 24x7 on-call rotation to help support the services you develop; we take an end-to-end ownership approach to what we build!
  • 3+ years of experience in Java development experience
  • Experience with public cloud-based environments (GCP is a plus)
  • Familiarity with developing microservices and event-driven architectures
  • Quality-oriented; we write our own tests
  • Results-oriented; you take pride in delivering high-quality work
  • Familiarity with developing SaaS infrastructure in a continuous-deployment environment (we use ArgoCD)
  • Experience working with Domain-Driven Design
  • Knowledge of both Relational and NoSQL databases
  • Experience in designing and developing container-based software services
  • Familiarity with containerization and container orchestration (Kubernetes is a plus)
  • Experience with DevOps practices is a plus
  • Successful completion of a background check

Competencies

  • Resourceful-willing to jump in, be agile/flexible, leverage existing resources to accomplish goals, ability to work independently
  • Team player-confident in collaborating with a diverse community of people and personalities across geographies, backgrounds, and professional abilities
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills
  • Empathy and care for all stakeholders of Lucidwork including employees, customers, partners, and guests
  • Ability to handle confidential information
Lucidworks believes in the power of diversity and inclusion to help us do our best work. We are an Equal Opportunity employer and welcome talent across a full range of backgrounds, orientation, origin, and identity in an inclusive and non-discriminatory way. Applicants receive consideration based on the relevant talents, skills, and experiences they offer to our company.
Thank you for your interest and we look forward to learning more about you.

Note to third party recruiters:

We appreciate your interest in our job opportunities. However, we kindly request that third-party recruiters and staffing agencies refrain from contacting us regarding these positions. We prefer to work directly with candidates and do not accept unsolicited resumes or candidate referrals from third-party recruiters or agencies. Unsolicited resumes and referrals will become the property of Lucidworks, and no fee will be paid should we hire a candidate whose resume was sent unsolicited.

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About Lucidworks

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Lucidworks began its journey in 2007, initially under the name Lucid Imagination, before rebranding to Lucidworks in 2012. The company was founded by a team of technical visionaries including Marc Krellenstein, Grant Ingersoll, Erik Hatcher, and Yonik Seeley, with guidance from advisor Doug Cutting. From its inception, Lucidworks was driven by a simple yet powerful belief: finding information shouldn't be a difficult task. This core principle has guided the company's evolution as it set out to transform how organizations access and utilize their data. The early years focused on pioneering open-source search technologies, laying a foundation built on Apache Lucene and Apache Solr.

Over the next decade, Lucidworks consistently pushed the boundaries of enterprise search, transforming complex data into actionable insights. This dedication to innovation led to the development of their flagship platform, Lucidworks Fusion, first released in September 2014. Fusion integrated Apache Solr with Apache Spark, providing a robust platform for building sophisticated search and discovery applications. The company's growth was further accelerated by strategic acquisitions, such as Twigkit in 2017, which enhanced user experience capabilities and was integrated into Fusion as App Studio. Lucidworks has a history of partnering with major organizations, like Reddit in 2017, to revolutionize their search functionalities. The company has also been recognized by industry analysts like Forrester and Gartner, underscoring its leadership in the search and discovery space. Today, Lucidworks continues to empower global B2B and B2C commerce, knowledge management, and product discovery with its AI-powered search solutions, helping businesses turn their data into a strategic advantage and deliver exceptional digital experiences.

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Generous PTO and Time Off

Generous PTO policy.

Various leave policies

Various leave policies.

Paid Maternity and Parental Leave

We believe in the importance of parental leaves.

Flexible Team Work

Support for you working from home, one of our offices, or the mix that works for you.

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