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# Senior Software Engineer, Search & Discovery

- **Company:** The Ladders
- **Location:** United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $170,000.0 - $220,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, Software Quality, Recommender Systems, Software Engineering, Unstructured Data, Backend
- **Published:** August 1, 2026
- **Apply:** https://arc.dev/remote-jobs/j/redirect/p8tykbkx7y

## About the Role

* 6+ years of software engineering experience with strong backend fundamentals
 * Proven ability to ship high-quality products and features at scale
 * Experience with search, discovery, or recommendation systems
 * Ability to transform ambiguous business problems into scalable engineering solutions
 * Self-starter mindset with a desire for full domain ownership

## Description

* Own end-to-end search, discovery, and recommendation systems
 * Build and improve backend services and APIs for precision and performance
 * Transform unstructured data into structured, searchable formats
 * Ship user-facing features, collaborating closely with product and design teams
 * Enhance architecture, code quality, and observability as the platform scales
 * Explore AI and LLM approaches in discovery and implement promising methods


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