Solr Platform Engineer

Title

AVP/VP

Location NYC, NY (Day 1 Onsite/Hybrid) Mode of Work 3 days/week onsite required Required Experience 8+ years About the Role We are looking for a skilled Solr Platform Engineer to design, implement, and manage Solr search infrastructure that powers our applications. You will be responsible for optimizing search performance, managing cluster health, and ensuring scalability and reliability of Solr environments. Key Responsibilities Design, deploy, and maintain Apache Solr clusters in production environments. Implement indexing, query tuning, relevancy ranking, and schema design. Monitor and optimize Solr performance, scaling, and reliability. Automate Solr setup, upgrades, and backups using tools like Ansible, Terraform, or Kubernetes. Collaborate with developers to integrate Solr with APIs and applications. Troubleshoot search issues, performance bottlenecks, and outages. Maintain documentation for configurations, processes, and best practices. Required Skills Strong hands-on experience with Apache Solr (SolrCloud, Zookeeper, shards, replicas). Knowledge of Java or Python for Solr client integration and tooling. Experience with Linux administration and shell scripting. Familiarity with Elasticsearch, Lucene, or other search platforms (optional). Experience with CI/CD pipelines, Docker, Kubernetes, or cloud infrastructure (AWS/GCP/Azure). Understanding of indexing large-scale data and optimizing search relevance. Healthcare insurance for you and your family (medical, dental, vision). Short / Long term disability insurance. Life Insurance. Accidental death & disability Insurance.

401K.

3 weeks of Paid Time Off. Support and fee coverage for immigration needs. Remote office set up stipend. Support for industry certifications. Additional cash incentives. Re-skilling opportunities to transition between technologies. Schedule Monday to Friday Work Mode Hybrid Job Type Full-time Seniority Level Associate Employment Type Full-time Job Function Information Technology Industries IT Services and IT Consulting #J-18808-Ljbffr Wissen Technology