Role overview

Qualifications

Passion about delivering the best UX to diverse sets of users in various industries
A mindset to make data-informed decisions and understand the impact of the changes you introduce
Some experience with, or a strong interest in, event-driven infrastructure in GCP or AWS
Experience building production applications with a backend language

Responsibilities

Building solutions to help users get the most out of Algolia
Running experiments and A/B tests to help choose the best possible solution
Collaborating with Product and Design teams to explore opportunities
Writing high-quality, well-tested code and participating in code reviews

Key facts

Remote from: United States
Full time
Software Engineer
196 - 196K yearly
English

Hard skills

RubyGems TypeScript React Jsx gRPC Amazon Web Services Event-Driven Programming Full Stack Development Amplitudes

Other skills

Problem Solving
Collaboration
Constructive Feedback
Empathy
Adaptability

About the company

Algolia

Computer Software / SaaS

Our story began in 2012 with the idea of creating blazing fast, instant and relevant search and discovery experiences. In essence, we reduced the need for online visitors and in-app users (using any web, mobile or voice device) to needlessly forage for information — by surfacing the desired information in as short a time as possible. Millions of developers around the world use Algolia to unleash the power of search across their digital properties. They use Algolia because we are API-first. We unlock incredible flexibility. We build blazing fast speed into our APIs. We do this because we know developers want to build cool things and innovate. Under Armour, Lacoste, Birchbox, Stripe, Slack, Medium, Zendesk and 10,000+ other companies use Algolia to build not just great search, but search that converts at higher rates because of the relevancy. We help their customers find the right goods, offers, and content really quickly. So quickly, in fact, that they don’t go anywhere else. Algolia helps businesses build and optimize the search and discovery experience resulting in significantly enhanced online engagement, increased conversion rates and enriched lifetime value that generates profitable growth. Today, Algolia powers 1.5 Trillion searches a year – that’s 4 times more than Bing, Yahoo, DuckDuckGo, Baidu and Yandex combined. Our amazing technology is used by one in eight online users. We’re looking for talented, passionate people. 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 or socioeconomic background.

Company details

Company typeSME

IndustryComputer Software / SaaS

Company size501 - 1000

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Job description

At Algolia, we’re proud to be a pioneer and market leader in AI Search, empowering 17,000+ businesses to deliver blazing-fast, predictive search and browse experiences at internet scale. Every week, we power over 30 billion search requests — four times more than Microsoft Bing, Yahoo, Baidu, Yandex, and DuckDuckGo combined.

In 2021, we raised $150 million in Series D funding, quadrupling our valuation to $2.25 billion. This strong foundation enables us to keep investing in our market-leading platform and serving incredible customers like Under Armour, PetSmart, Stripe, Gymshark, and Walgreens.

To ensure our users make the most out of Algolia’s powerful features, we need to first make sure that they understand our offerings and are able to set everything up quickly.

The Growth org aims to help Algolia grow by working on changes in the product, introducing new features, and providing the best possible user experience. You will get to shape the user experience of our customers as they start using Algolia, help create a new Growth platform, collaborate with other engineers, and contribute to engineering best practices.

We are looking for engineers who enjoy working close to users, shipping iteratively, measuring impact, and using data to decide what comes next.

A few projects we’ve worked on recently include:

Building AI-powered experiences that help developers launch with Algolia faster
Improving activation journeys through experimentation and personalization
Scaling developer tools like DocSearch and integrations used by thousands of applications
Building Growth platforms around experimentation, notifications, and product insights

Your role will consist of:

Building solutions to help users get the most out of Algolia
Running experiments and A/B tests to help choose the best possible solution
Collaborating with Product and Design teams to explore opportunities
Contributing to the evolution of our Growth platform, ensuring it scales with our customers and internal teams
Working with a range of teams to deliver a solid growth foundation
Writing high-quality, well-tested code and participating in code reviews
Contributing to improvements in engineering quality, processes, and tooling
Bringing ideas to the team roadmap and gradually owning projects from discovery through delivery

We follow a bottom-up approach: the teams come up with their own initiatives targeting our metrics and execute on them

You might be a fit if you have:

Passion about delivering the best UX to diverse sets of users in various industries (engineers, marketers, merchandisers, etc.)
A mindset to make data-informed decisions and understand the impact of the changes you introduce
Some experience with, or a strong interest in, event-driven infrastructure in GCP or AWS
Experience building production applications with a backend language (we use Ruby today and are exploring Go)
Comfortable working across the stack or excited to grow into full-stack development with TypeScript, React, and modern frontend tools

Nice to have:

Experience working in a scale-up or Growth team
Experience with analytics platforms like Amplitude, Hex

#LI-Remote

Algolia does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, military status, veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.

The annual base salary compensation range for this role reflects market pay data within this location. The exact compensation offered for this role may vary depending on specific location and job-related knowledge, technical skills, and experience; and is only one part of our Total Rewards philosophy to compensate and recognize employees for their work.

Base Salary Pay Range

$136,400—$196,100 USD

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.

We have a global presence with offices in Paris, NYC, London, Sydney and Bucharest, however we also offer many of our team members the option to work remotely either as fully remote or hybrid-remote employees. 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 role it may be available with either a hybrid-remote or in-office schedule.

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.

We’re looking for talented, passionate people to help build the world’s best search and discovery technology. We value autonomy, diversity, and collaboration. We’re committed to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone is respected and supported—regardless of race, age, ancestry, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, color, veteran status, disability, or socioeconomic background.

IMPORTANT NOTICE FOR CANDIDATES - Recruitment Fraud Notice

We’ve recently seen an increase in recruitment scams targeting job seekers. To help protect yourself, please keep the following in mind:

Our open positions may appear on third-party job boards, but the best way to apply safely is directly through our careers page.
All genuine communication from Algolia will come from an @algolia.com email address. If you receive an email from someone claiming to work at Algolia who does not have an @algolia.com email address, please do not respond or share any personal information.
We’ll never ask for payments, purchases, or financial details during the hiring process.

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!