# \[Job\] Search Engineer Lead at Sematext International

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/job-search-engineer-lead-at-sematext-international/7386>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [April 18, 2012, 4:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/job-search-engineer-lead-at-sematext-international/7386 "2012-04-18T16:04:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![otisg](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/otisg/32/492_2.png) [@otisg](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/otisg)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2012, 4:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/job-search-engineer-lead-at-sematext-international/7386/1 "2012-04-18T16:04:34Z")

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Hello,

If you've always wanted a full-time job working with Solr, ElasticSearch,  
or Lucene, we have a position that is all about that, offers path to team  
leadership, and will expose a person to a healthy mixture of engineering  
and business. If you are interested, please send your resume to  
[jobs@sematext.com](mailto:jobs@sematext.com) .

Otis

Sematext International is looking for a strong Search Engineer with  
interest and ability to interact with clients and with potential to build  
and lead local and/or remote development teams. By “client-facing” we  
really mean primarily email, phone, Skype.

A person in this role needs to be able to:  
\* design large scale search systems  
\* have solid knowledge of either Solr or ElasticSearch or both  
\* efficiently troubleshoot performance, relevance, and other  
search-related issues  
\* speak and interact with clients

Pluses – beyond pure engineering:  
\* ability and desire to expand and lead a development/consulting teams  
\* ability to think both business and engineering  
\* ability to build products based on observed client needs  
\* ability to present in public, at meetups, conferences, etc  
\* ability to contribute to [blog.sematext.com](http://blog.sematext.com)  
\* active participation in online search communities  
\* attention to detail  
\* desire to share knowledge and teach  
\* positive attitude, humor, agility

Location:  
\* New York

Travel:  
\* Minimal

Relevant pointers:  
\* [http://sematext.com/about/jobs.html](http://sematext.com/about/jobs.html)  
\* [http://sematext.com/about/jobs.html#advantages](http://sematext.com/about/jobs.html#advantages)  
\* [http://sematext.com/engineering/index.html](http://sematext.com/engineering/index.html)

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 3:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/job-search-engineer-lead-at-sematext-international/7386/2 "2017-07-06T03:32:05Z")

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