Software Engineer Java, Search and Big Data

Key Responsibilities

Analyze, design, develop, test, and enhance software applications and systems.

Build scalable backend applications using Java and the Spring ecosystem.

Develop and maintain RESTful web services.

Design and optimize full-text search, indexing, and retrieval capabilities.

Contribute to large-scale search architecture and system design.

Translate business and technical requirements into scalable, maintainable code.

Participate in unit, system, performance, and acceptance testing.

Lead or contribute to the development of new features across multiple system modules.

Collaborate with engineering, product, and other cross-functional teams.

Evaluate emerging search, Big Data, and software-development technologies.

Required Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field.

At least four years of professional software-development experience.

Expert-level Java programming and object-oriented design experience.

Strong experience with Spring Boot or the Spring Framework.

Experience using Gradle.

Hands-on experience developing RESTful web services.

Experience with Scala and Python.

Production experience with one or more full-text search and indexing technologies, including:

Apache Lucene

Apache Solr

Elasticsearch

OpenSearch

Vespa

A comparable enterprise search platform

Experience designing or supporting large-scale search systems.

Experience with Big Data technologies, including Hadoop or Apache Spark.

Strong Linux or Unix experience.

Understanding of database-design principles.

Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Ability to work effectively in a collaborative development environment.

Highly Desired Qualifications

Experience with graph-search technologies and vector databases.

Experience developing applications using large language models.

Familiarity with AI-assisted coding tools such as Cursor or Claude.

Experience with monitoring and observability platforms such as New Relic.

NoSQL experience with MongoDB, Cassandra, or DynamoDB.

Relational database experience with PostgreSQL or MySQL.

Docker and Kubernetes experience.

Experience with performance optimization, load testing, or stress testing.

Eligibility Requirements

Sponsorship is not available.

Must be able to work onsite in Columbus three days per week.

Candidates outside the area must be willing to relocate.