Search Architect
As our Search Architect, you will own the overall technical architecture of our search infrastructure from data acquisition, through data cleanup and feature extraction, to filtering and ranking. You will work collaboratively with a small, highly talented team of engineers and product folks to design and implement the end-to-end system. You will be expert in search architecture and implementation and you are comfortable both leading engineers and getting hands on.
Less than three years since we launched, UpTake Networks has become the largest independent travel research site and we have helped over 30 million travelers research their trips over the last 12 months. Now that we have proven our business model we are turning out attention to the consumer experience. We are actively building out our product and engineering teams to help travelers research and make better, faster decisions about where to go, where to stay and what to do. We are growing over 200% annually and we are funded to profitability with proven investors in Shasta and Trinity Ventures.
EXPERIENCE (Required):
- 5 years designing and building high volume search applications for the web.
- 3 years in an architectural position.
- Led the design and successful implementation of a high-volume search site.
- Led the design of a large scale data-aggregation system using distributed processing
- Ability to communicate and lead an extremely talented engineering team.
- Collaboratively lead the design and implementation of search, getting buy-in from engineering and product management.
- Desire to work hands on and lead by example.
- Energy, flexibility and commitment required for a rapidly growing company.
- Positive attitude and ability to be flexible and adjust to the fast paced and ever changing dynamic needs of a start up.
EXPERIENCE (Preferred):
- Hands on experience with Java in a search application.
- Experience with Ruby.
- Bonus points for experience with data collection and web crawling and for knowing what hosers and haggis have in common
- Extra bonus points for having a better sense of humor than the average bear
- Super bonus points for knowing what who the MFY are and why they deserve the acronym
About us:
Life is too short not to be working where you best fit. You fit @ UpTake Networks because you are passionate about making a BIG impact; you live, eat and breathe search; you think travel research is a disaster online; and you enjoy both challenging and being challenged by your teammates. And because you thrive in collaborative, supportive and non-political cultures where results are rewarded and having fun is mandatory. We embrace the reality you (likely) have a personal life and look to support your healthy, sustainable work-personal balance and your productivity with flexible work hours, WFH alternatives, a kid-friendly office, healthy (and unhealthy) snacks, yoga, and a sunny private patio.
UpTake is a search engine that makes the decision about what to book easier by aggregating and semantically analyzing travel, local and lifestyle reviews and other information from across the web. Our mission is to help consumers make better travel decisions and to enjoy better trips. The average consumer does 10-12 web searches and visits 20-24 web sites before making their bookings today.
We launched in mid-2008, but UpTake Networks is already the largest independent travel research site and we have helped over 30 million travelers research their trips over the last 12 months. Now that we have proven our business model we are turning out attention to the consumer experience. We are actively building out our product and engineering teams to help travelers research and make better, faster decisions about where to go, where to stay and what to do. We are growing over 200% annually and we are funded to profitability with proven investors in Shasta and Trinity Ventures.
We are located in Palo Alto seconds from Caltrain and are funded through to profitability.