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Engineering Manager - Search / ML / NLP / ElasticSearch

Location:
Remote work, England
Salary:
Remote | UK | US | Germany | Competetive day rate
Job Type:
ContractRemote
Date Posted:
about 7 hours ago
Expiry Date:
02/11/2025
Job Ref:
BH-123241
Start Date:
18/09/2025
Contact:
Sergio Osman
Contact Email:
sergio.osman@xcede.com
Specialism:
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Engineering Manager - Search /  ML / NLP / ElasticSearch

Remote - UK, US or German locations preferred. 

About the role
I am supporting a global online marketplace business who are investing heavily in building a best-in-class search experience. They operate across multiple platforms, reaching millions of users worldwide, and search sits right at the heart of their product.

I am looking for an Engineering Manager with strong technical depth in search technologies, particularly Elasticsearch, to lead a team of engineers and drive the architecture and performance of their search platform. This role combines hands-on technical leadership with people management, helping shape the future of search relevance, ranking, and personalisation at scale.

What you’ll be doing

  • Lead and grow a team of engineers working on core search systems.

  • Drive architecture and technical strategy for search relevance, ranking and retrieval.

  • Partner with Product, Data and AI teams to define and deliver the search roadmap.

  • Oversee migration and optimisation projects on Elasticsearch and the wider search stack.

  • Troubleshoot and diagnose complex search issues (e.g. ingestion pipelines, ranking signals).

  • Foster engineering excellence, mentoring team members and embedding best practices.

What we’re looking for

  • Experience as an Engineering Manager, Tech Lead, or similar role leading cross-functional teams.

  • Deep expertise with Elasticsearch (tuning, scaling, migrations, relevance optimisation. Migration experience preferred).

  • Strong background in ML, NLP, search, information retrieval or related fields (ranking models, vector databases & personalisation).

  • A mix of strategic vision and hands-on capability — able to guide architecture while rolling up sleeves when needed.

  • Experience collaborating with Product, ML and Analytics teams.

  • Excellent communication skills and ability to translate technical work into business impact.

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Sergio Osman

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