Search Engineer, Technical Support

Lucidworks is leading digital transformation for some of the world's biggest retailers, financial services firms, manufacturers, and B2B commerce organizations. We believe that the core to a great digital experience starts with search and browse. Our Deep Learning technology captures user behavior and utilizes machine learning to connect people with the products, content, and information they need. Brands including American Airlines, Lenovo, Red Hat, and Cisco Systems rely on Lucidworks' suite of products to power commerce, customer service, and workplace applications that delight customers and empower employees. Lucidworks believes in the power of diversity and inclusion to help us do our best work. We are an Equal Opportunity employer and welcome talent across a full range of backgrounds, orientation, origin, and identity in an inclusive and non-discriminatory way.

Please note: To ensure a fair and efficient process for all applicants, we kindly ask that you refrain from direct outreach to our hiring managers or team members. All communication should go through the official application portal. We will review your application carefully and reach out to you if your qualifications match our needs. We appreciate your interest in Lucidworks!

What you’ll do

Field incoming questions and help customers configure Lucidworks Fusion and its components, and understand how to get the most from the product's features

Troubleshoot complex search issues across Lucene, Solr, and related distributed systems

Write clear, reusable knowledge base articles that help the broader customer base solve similar issues on their own

Spot opportunities to bring customers additional value through follow-on products and services

Relay high-value use cases and customer feedback to Product and Engineering so it shapes what we build next

Collaborate across teams to diagnose and resolve critical, high-stakes issues

Participate in a 24/7/365 on-call rotation, including weekends and holidays

What we're looking for

U.S. citizenship, required due to government contracts

2+ years of hands-on experience with Lucene/Solr or comparable search technologies (e.g., Elasticsearch, OpenSearch)

3+ years of professional experience in a customer-facing, level 2–3 technical support role

A bachelor's degree or higher in Engineering or Computer Science, preferred

Experience working in a technical support CRM (Salesforce, Zendesk, or similar)

Clear, confident written and verbal communication with customers over email and phone

Proficiency in Java, plus a scripting language such as Python, Perl, or Ruby

Comfort on Unix/Linux systems: command-line navigation, file permissions, system logs, scripting, and basic networking

Working proficiency with Kubernetes and containerized deployments

Bonus points for:

Exposure to related open-source projects or other commercial search technologies

Experience in enterprise search, e-commerce, or business intelligence

Familiarity with machine learning, data science, or Gen AI concepts (embeddings, vector search, RAG)

Hands-on experience with a public cloud platform (AWS, Azure, or GCP)

Startup experience

Our Stack

Apache Lucene/Solr, ZooKeeper, Spark, Kafka, Ray, Helm

Java, Python, Linux, Kubernetes, Docker, GitHub, Grafana

Zendesk, Jira

Lucidworks believes in the power of diversity and inclusion to help us do our best work. We are an Equal Opportunity employer and welcome talent across a full range of backgrounds, orientation, origin, and identity in an inclusive and non-discriminatory way. Applicants receive consideration based on the relevant talents, skills, and experiences they offer to our company.

Thank you for your interest and we look forward to learning more about you.

Note to third party recruiters: We appreciate your interest in our job opportunities. However, we kindly request that third-party recruiters and staffing agencies refrain from contacting us regarding these positions. We prefer to work directly with candidates and do not accept unsolicited resumes or candidate referrals from third-party recruiters or agencies. Unsolicited resumes and referrals will become the property of Lucidworks, and no fee will be paid should we hire a candidate whose resume was sent unsolicited.