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# Senior Search Backend Engineer

- **Company:** commercetools
- **Location:** London, UK
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** £73,592.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Shard (Database Architecture), DevOps, Elasticsearch, Failover, Java Virtual Machine (JVM), Load Balancing, Backend, Event Driven Architecture, Kubernetes, Asynchronous Programming, Functional Programming, Restful APIs
- **Published:** September 12, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.co.uk/jobs/details/5879941593

## About the Role

* At least 5 years of experience as a Software Engineer working with languages on the JVM
 * Search-related experience (preferably ElasticSearch)
 * Strong DevOps mindset as you will drive lots of infrastructure improvements
 * Interest in working with Scala using pragmatic functional programming patterns
 * Practical work experience in developing server-side systems using the JVM
 * Solid understanding of parallel and asynchronous programming, as well as non-blocking I/O
 * Experience in developing REST APIs and knowledge of scalable architectures (incl. sharding, replication, load balancing and failover)
 * Fluent English for work in international teams

 * A genuine curiosity for using AI tools to work smarter and more effectively, paired with a drive to learn and put them into practice in your role.

Nice to Have:

 * Experience developing REST APIs and knowledge of scalable event-driven architectures (incl., queues, notification topics, sharding, replication, load balancing, and failover).
 * Experience working with Scala or other functional programming languages.
 * Experience with infrastructure work and other technologies like Helm, Kubernetes, and Rust.



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