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Staff Software Engineer- Search Quality

Location
Bengaluru, India
Compensation
Not disclosed
Level
staff
Type
full time

Posted by employer 8 months ago

First seen on Joblaze 6 months ago

Last verified on the company career page 1 day ago

Not disclosed in this posting: compensation, years of experience, work arrangement, visa sponsorship.

Joblaze summary

In the role of Staff Software Engineer for Search Quality at Databricks, the individual will focus on enhancing the search experience for both AI agents and human users, ensuring high-quality, actionable insights. Key skills include expertise in Lucene/Elasticsearch, embeddings, and ranking algorithms, alongside a strong understanding of relevance metrics. This position is ideal for someone with a background in Information Retrieval who is eager to tackle complex challenges in data discovery. Databricks offers a dynamic environment at the forefront of data and AI innovation.

Joblaze insights

  • Listed about 6 months ago — first seen on Joblaze April 14, 2026. Last confirmed on Databricks's careers page October 27, 2026.

Quick facts

What's the tech stack?
Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: Elasticsearch, Lucene, Ranking Algorithms, embeddings.
What seniority level is this role?
Databricks targets staff-level candidates for this position.
Is this full-time or contract?
Full-time for this Staff Software Engineer- Search Quality role at Databricks.

From the original posting

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The Mission

We are democratizing Data and AI for every enterprise user. Our vision is a world where anyone can master their organization’s data through Apps and AI Agents. We are building the retrieval backbone for two worlds: the high-precision context layer for AI agents and the intuitive search experience for people goal is the same: instant, accurate, and actionable insight.

The Role:

  • As a Search Quality Engineer, you sit at the heart of this transformation. You aren't just building a search engine; you are building the contextual backbone of the entire company.
  • You will own the quality of results for two distinct but deeply connected "users":
  • The AI Agent: Optimizing the retrieval layer that allows LLMs to reason over data they weren’t trained on, ensuring they have the "ground truth" needed to synthesize accurate, high-stakes business actions.
  • The Human User: Improving the traditional search experience so employees can find assets and answers through intuitive, high-recall interfaces.

The Technical Challenge

This isn't a solved problem. You will be tackling "Search" in its most evolved form:

  • Hybrid Retrieval: Balancing traditional keyword-based search (for exactness) with semantic vector search (for intent).
  • Dual-Optimization: Fine-tuning ranking models that satisfy both human readability and LLM-ready context.
  • High-Stakes Accuracy: In a world of Agents, poor search quality leads to hallucinations. You will build the guardrails and relevance scoring that ensure our AI stays grounded in reality.
  • Data Heterogeneity: Connecting the dots across structured SQL tables, unstructured docs, and real-time business metrics.

Why This is the Place to Be

  • You will have a front-row seat to the Agentic revolution. If you want to solve the hardest problems in data discovery and see your work power the decision-making of thousands of people, let’s talk.

What We’re Looking For

  • The IR Specialist: You know your way around Lucene/Elasticsearch, embeddings, and ranking algorithms.
  • The Quality and Metrics Obsessive: You understand that "relevance" is subjective and love building evaluation frameworks (human-in-the-loop and LLM-based) to measure it. You are obsessed with relevance metrics (nDCG, MRR, Precision@K).
  • The Bridge Builder: You’re excited to apply traditional Information Retrieval (IR) wisdom to the cutting-edge world of Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG).

About Databricks

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