Job Title: Sr. Search Engineer	Salary: Market plu / Yearly
Location: San Francisco, CA	Type: Full-Time
Zip Code: 94107

Description:

Six Apart, the creators of Movable Type, TypePad, and Vox blogging systems/services, is growing, and we're looking for a Senior Search Engineer. The Senior Search Engineer leads the technical aspects of Six Apart's search efforts across all its product lines which include two of the most highly trafficked sites on the Internet. S/he is responsible for all aspects of search software development. As a member of the analytics team, the Senior Search Engineer is a highly-committed self-starter who works closely with others across the company to improve user experience and help increase traffic and revenue. S/he will have the opportunity to significantly impact the success of the company.

Responsibilities:
 Architecture, design, coding, documentation and testing of the search infrastructure.
 Propose, design and implement extended search features (ex:verticals, permissions-based search).
 Set up environment to measure and improve search accuracy/rankings and search-related revenues.
 Work closely with product managers to improve the user experience.
 Work closely with team members to integrate analytics within search results and use search tools for analytics purposes.

Skills and Experience:
* Strong knowledge of Java
* Good working knowledge of a scripting language (Perl preferred).
* Experience building search applications (Lucene a strong plus).
* Development experience on distributed, high-traffic, consumer-facing applications.
* Good database skills (MySQL a plus).
* Knowledge in Statistics/Data Mining/Machine Learning a plus.
* MS/CS or equivalent work experience.
* Desire and ability to thrive in a startup environment.
* Desire and ability to handle huge amounts of data.
* Detail-oriented and highly attentive to commitments and schedules.
* Strong problem-solving skills and motivation for results improvements.

For immediate consideration, please forward a confidential resume to:

jdack (at) sixapart (dot) com

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