Careers at Search Technologies

We are a growing, entrepreneurial, team-oriented company driven by customer focus.  We are always looking for bright, motivated self-starters to join our team in any of the following areas:  Washington DC; San Diego, CA; Needham, MA; Costa Rica and Ascot in the UK.

Lucene / Solr Technical Consultant

This position is responsible for providing technical consulting services for our clients using Solr/Lucene. Technical strength and excellent client-facing skills are paramount. The consultant will undertake activities on a project-by-project basis, either individually or as part of a larger team, and projects will vary in duration. Travel to and from client sites will be required and expected.

Skills:  Required: Solr/Lucene, Java Desirable: Nutch, Tika, Maven, Python and/or Perl, general search experience
Experience: 2+ years
Education: College degree in CS, Engineering, or similar
Locations: Washington DC, San Diego and San Jose, CA areas
Term: Permanent full-time OR contract

The right candidate should be able to:

• Develop, install, and troubleshoot Solr/Lucene-based search applications and client configurations.
• Provide onsite analysis and written assessments of existing customer installations with recommendations for improvements or upgrades. 
• Provide comprehensive, remote technical support to clients via phone as needed.

Senior Technical Consultant

This position is responsible for providing technical consulting services for the clients of Search Technologies. Technical strength and excellent client-facing skills are paramount. The consultant will undertake activities on a project-by-project basis, either individually or as part of a larger team, and projects will vary in duration. Some travel (to client sites) as needed is to be expected.

Required Skills: Java, Python and/or Perl, frameworks (Eclipse, Ant, Struts, or .NET), XML, XSLT, CSS/XHTML/Javascript
Highly Desirable: Experience with enterprise search technologies and applications; some system architecting experience
Experience: 5+ years (hard return)
Education: College degree in CS, Engineering, or similar
Location: Washington DC, San Diego and San Jose, CA areas
Term: Permanent, full-time

The right candidate should be able to:

• Develop, install, and troubleshoot a variety of search applications and client configurations.
• Provide onsite analysis and written assessments of existing customer installations with recommendations for improvements or upgrades.
• Provide comprehensive technical support to Search Technologies customers via remote diagnostics by phone.

Technical Consultant

This position is responsible for providing technical consulting services for the clients of Search Technologies. Technical strength and excellent client-facing skills are paramount. The consultant will undertake activities on a project-by-project basis, either individually or as part of a larger team, and projects will vary in duration. Travel (to client sites) as needed is to be expected.

Required Skills: Java, Python and/or Perl, frameworks (Eclipse, Ant, Struts, or .NET), XML, XSLT, CSS/XHTML/Javascript
Highly Desirable: Experience with enterprise search technologies and applications
Experience: 2+ years (hard return)
Education: College degree in CS, Engineering, or similar
Location: Washington DC and San Jose, Costa Rica areas, with ability to travel
Term: Permanent, full-time

The right candidate should be able to:

• Develop, install, and troubleshoot a variety of search applications and client configurations
• Provide onsite analysis and written assessments of existing customer installations with recommendations for improvements or upgrades. 
• Provide comprehensive technical support to Search Technologies customers via remote diagnostics by phone.

If interested, please send cover letter, resume and writing sample to jobs@searchtechnologies.com