Engineering – Development

Software Engineer II (Search – Backend)

JOB TYPE

Full-Time

LOCATION

Hyderabad

About Us:

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Seismic, a rapidly growing Forbes Cloud 100 company, is the global leader in enablement, helping organizations engage customers, enable teams, and ignite revenue growth. The Seismic Enablement CloudTM provides continuous guidance to improve behavior, content, and skills to win more deals and deliver better experiences. More than 2,200 organizations around the globe including IBM and American Express have made Seismic their enablement platform of choice. Seismic integrates with business-critical platforms including Microsoft, Salesforce, Google and Adobe. Seismic is headquartered in San Diego, with offices across North America, Europe, Australia and China.

Seismic is committed to building an inclusive workplace that ignites growth for our employees and creates a culture of belonging that allows all employees to be seen and valued for who they are. Learn more about DEI at Seismic here.

Overview:

Join us at Seismic, a cutting-edge technology company leading the way in the SaaS industry. We specialize in delivering modern, scalable, and multi-cloud solutions that empower businesses to succeed in today’s digital era. Leveraging the latest advancements in technology, including Generative AI, we are committed to driving innovation and transforming the way businesses operate. As we embark on an exciting journey of growth and expansion, we are seeking top engineering talent to join our AI team in Hyderabad, India. 

AI is one of the fastest growing product areas in Seismic. We believe that AI, particularly Generative AI, will empower and transform how Enterprise sales and marketing organizations operate and interact with customers. Seismic Aura, our leading AI engine, is powering this change in the sales enablement space and is being infused across the Seismic enablement cloud. Our focus is to leverage AI across the Seismic platform to make our customers more productive and efficient in their day-to-day tasks, and to drive more successful sales outcomes. 

As an Engineer II, you will play a crucial role in developing and optimizing backend systems that power our web application, including search, content discovery, and AI capabilities. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to design, build, and maintain scalable, high-performance systems that deliver exceptional value to our customers. This position offers a unique opportunity to make a significant impact on our company’s growth and success by contributing to the technical excellence and innovation of our software solutions.  

Who you are:

If you are a passionate technologist with a strong track record of building AI products, and you thrive in a fast-paced, innovative environment, we want to hear from you! 

  • Opportunity to be a key technical leader in a rapidly growing company and drive innovation in the SaaS industry.
  • Work with cutting-edge technologies and be at the forefront of AI advancements.
  • Competitive compensation package, including salary, bonus, and equity options.
  • A supportive, inclusive work culture.
  • Professional development opportunities and career growth potential in a dynamic and collaborative environment. 

What you’ll be doing:

  • Distributed Systems Development: Design, develop, and maintain backend systems and services for AI, information extraction or information retrieval functionality, ensuring high performance, scalability, and reliability. 
  • Algorithm Optimization: Implement and optimize AI-driven semantic algorithms, indexing, and information retrieval techniques to enhance search accuracy and efficiency. 
  • Integration: Collaborate with data scientists, AI engineers, and product teams to integrate AI-driven capabilities across the Seismic platform. 
  • Performance Tuning: Monitor and optimize service performance, addressing bottlenecks and ensuring low-latency query responses. 
  • Technical Leadership: Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior engineers, promoting best practices in software backend development. 
  • Collaboration: Work closely with cross-functional and geographically distributed teams, including product managers, frontend engineers, and UX designers, to deliver seamless and intuitive experiences. 
  • Continuous Improvement: Stay updated with the latest trends and advancements in software and technologies, conducting research and experimentation to drive innovation. 

What you bring to the team:

  • Experience: 2+ years of experience in software engineering and a proven track record of building and scaling microservices and working with data retrieval systems. 
  • Technical Expertise: Experience with C# and .NET, unit testing, object-oriented programming, and relational databases. Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Pulumi, etc.), event driven architectures with tools like Kafka, feature management (Launch Darkly) is good to have. Front-end/full stack experience a plus. 
  • Cloud Expertise: Experience with cloud platforms like AWS, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), or Microsoft Azure. Knowledge of cloud-native services for AI/ML, data storage, and processing. Experience deploying containerized applications into Kubernetes is a plus. 
  • Search/retrieval/AI: Prefer expertise in search platforms like ElasticSearch, Apache Solr, or similar. Experience with Natural Language Processing (NLP), semantic search and understanding of text processing techniques is a plus. 
  • SaaS Knowledge: Extensive experience in SaaS application development and cloud technologies, with a deep understanding of modern distributed system and cloud operational infrastructure. 
  • Product Development: Experience in collaborating with product management and design, with the ability to translate business requirements into technical solutions that drive successful delivery.  Proven record of driving feature development from concept to launch. 
  • Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field. 
  • Fast-paced Environment: Experience working in a fast-paced, dynamic environment, preferably in a SaaS or technology-driven company. 

What we have for you:

At Seismic, we’re committed to providing benefits and perks for the whole self. To explore our benefits available in each country, please visit the Global Benefits page. 

If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation as part of the application or recruiting process, please contact us at [email protected]. 

Headquartered in San Diego and with employees across the globe, Seismic is the global leader in sales enablement, backed by firms such as Permira, Ameriprise Financial, EDBI, Lightspeed Venture Partners, and T. Rowe Price. Seismic also expanded its team and product portfolio with the strategic acquisitions of SAVO, Percolate, Grapevine6, and Lessonly. Our board of directors is composed of several industry luminaries including John Thompson, former Chairman of the Board for Microsoft.  

Seismic is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender, age, race, religion, or any other classification which is protected by applicable law.   

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.  

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