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# Staff Software Engineer, Search Platform - Backend

- **Company:** Turo Inc
- **Location:** San Francisco, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Amazon Web Services, Cloud Engineering, Databases, Data Structures, Database Theory, Distributed Systems, Elasticsearch, Python (Programming Language), Ruby, Software Engineering, Data Streaming, Web Applications, Backend, Kubernetes, Information Technology, Low Latency, Search Engines, OpenSearch, Golang
- **Published:** November 7, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.juju.com/job/28_25197_a3b099121ca8e274d2e39b9f538a8b4e

## About the Role

Our APIs, internal services, and web apps are at the core of our stable of software that's reinventing mobility.# **What you will do** * You will build scalable, low-latency, highly available distributed systems that power and evolve the infrastructure behind our Search Platform.* You will collaborate extensively with product management, design, and engineers to develop product features that drive our metrics.* You will produce high-quality maintainable code, test it, collaboratively review it and ship it.* You will identify areas to improve and scale our architecture and application design.* You will develop tools and utilities to diagnose and fix problems.* Ensure proper technical design and documentation.* Work efficiently in a constantly changing and growing environment where the process is fluid and creative solutions are desired.# **Your profile** * Typically a minimum of 7+ years experience shipping high-scale code to production.* Hands-on experience with search engines
(Opensearch or Elasticsearch)* Strong proficiency in cloud-native architectures (AWS, Kubernetes, etc.)* Fluent in at least one language - e.g., Java, Python, Ruby, Go, or C* Possess strong computer science fundamentals: data structures, algorithms, database concepts, distributed systems, and search.* Enjoys solving problems and helping others meet their goals.* Passionate about search, streaming, database or other backend technologies.# **Bonus if you have** * Bachelor's/Master's degree or equivalent in Computer Science or related field* Experience working with ML-based ranking infrastructure.* Strong communicator - Explaining complex technical concepts to designers, support, and other engineers is no problem for you.For this role, the target base salary range in San Francisco is $182,000-$228,000 annually.