Software Engineer, ElasticSearch

Joining Collibra’s engineering team

We are looking for a Software Engineer with ElasticSearch experience to join our growing engineering team. The mission of the Search Team is to deliver a world class Search experience driving our users' engagement in the Collibra platform. You will be working with the team to solve complex data challenges, developing innovation to amaze our customers with fast and reliable search experience returning relevant data with intuitive search queries.

You will collaborate with the cross-functional team and all dependent product teams for the success of the Search product. Your responsibility will be to support technical delivery and to create technical vision of the Search product, while working with teams spanning across different regions including Europe, US, Canada and Asia Pacific. We believe our customers are our North Star, they are at the center of everything we do, and we obsess in building products that solve customer problems and needs.

This is a hybrid role based in our Brussels office. Our hybrid model means you’ll work from the office at least two days each week. This setup helps us stay connected, work more closely together, and keep making progress as a team.

Software Engineers at Collibra are responsible for

• Following the agile process (Scrum) to make sure your deliverables are visible for the entire team and company stakeholders.
• Researching, developing, and implementing advanced search algorithms and techniques to improve search quality, relevance, and efficiency.
• Continuously monitoring and optimizing the performance of search systems, identifying and addressing bottlenecks and areas for improvement.
• Tackle complex technical challenges related to search functionality, data retrieval, and relevance ranking, working closely with the team to find creative and effective solutions.
• Oversee the Elasticsearch clusters through a managed service, which includes provisioning, scaling, and fine-tuning Elasticsearch instances.

You have

• 5 Years of professional experience in building large and scalable Java applications based on Spring or Spring Boot in an agile environment.
• Experience in leading the technology and driving software development focusing on Search capability, working knowledge of ElasticSearch is a must.
• Excellent communication skills to convey technical complexities. Ability to communicate effectively in English - we’re a global team and English is the most spoken language.
• Work experience in building products intended for real-time on-demand environments e.g. SaaS, Internet/Digital, or Cloud Products.
• Experience with Relational Database Management Systems (preferably PostgresQL).
• You must have work authorization to work in Brussels, Belgium. 

You are

• Interested in technology and the capability to adapt to new technologies and drive technical vision of the complex software solutions.
• Agile-minded, optimistic, passionate, and pragmatic about delivering valuable software to customers.
• Someone who puts quality first and has a passion for good design and clean code.
• Able to work productively with a geographically distributed remote team and able to mentor and advise other engineers you work with on the scrum team.

Measuring Success

• Within your first month, you will get familiar with the environment we use, the way we implement software as an organization, simple business use cases and submit code to production.
• Within your third month, you will implement new user stories with quality and care, and understand what value they will bring to our customers.  
• Within your sixth month, you will be a productive member of the Search team, reliably delivering quality code, participating in testing and on your way to set up technical vision for the Search capability in Collibra.