Senior Software Engineer II

Join Seismic, a cutting-edge technology company at the forefront of the SaaS industry. We specialize in delivering modern, scalable, multi-cloud solutions designed to empower businesses in the digital era. Leveraging advanced technologies, including Generative AI, we are dedicated to driving innovation and transforming business operations. As we experience significant growth, we are seeking talented engineers to join our AI team in Hyderabad, India.

Seismic AI:

AI represents one of Seismic's fastest-growing product areas. We believe that AI, particularly Generative AI, has the potential to empower and transform enterprise sales and marketing organizations' interactions with customers. Seismic Aura, our premier AI engine, is leading this change in sales enablement and is being integrated across the Seismic Enablement Cloud. Our mission is to utilize AI throughout the Seismic platform to enhance customer productivity, efficiency, and drive more successful sales outcomes.

About the Role:

As a Senior Software Engineer II focused on Search, you will contribute to the development and maintenance of backend systems that power our web application, encompassing search, content discovery, and AI capabilities. You will collaborate with senior engineers and cross-functional partners to build reliable, scalable systems that deliver customer value while advancing your technical expertise.

Key Responsibilities:

• Distributed Systems Development: Contribute to the design, development, and maintenance of backend systems and services supporting search functionality, ensuring performance, scalability, and reliability.
• Search & Algorithm Support: Assist in implementing search and/or AI-related features, including indexing, retrieval, and ranking logic, to enhance search accuracy and efficiency.
• Integration: Collaborate with engineers, AI partners, and product teams to integrate search and AI-driven capabilities across the Seismic platform.
• Performance Tuning: Participate in monitoring and performance tuning efforts, identifying routine bottlenecks and applying guided improvements to ensure acceptable query latency.
• Collaboration: Work closely with cross-functional and geographically distributed teams, including product managers, frontend engineers, and UX designers, to support seamless search experiences.
• Continuous Improvement: Learn and apply new tools, technologies, and best practices related to search, backend development, and AI systems.

Who You Are:

Experience:

• 7+ years of experience in software engineering, with a focus on frontend or UI-focused web applications.

Technical Expertise:

• Proficiency in HTML, CSS, and modern JavaScript (ES6+).
• Experience building user interfaces with React, including functional components, hooks, and state management patterns.
• Full-stack experience (C#, Node.js, Python) is a plus.
• Experience with TypeScript, including writing strongly typed components and APIs.
• Familiarity with modern CSS techniques such as CSS Modules, styled-components, Tailwind, or similar.
• Experience integrating frontend applications with REST or GraphQL APIs.
• Working knowledge of automated frontend testing practices (e.g., Jest, React Testing Library, Cypress, Playwright).
• Experience using Git for source control and collaborating through pull requests.
• Familiarity with CI/CD concepts and modern frontend pipelines, including GitHub Actions.
• Exposure to frontend performance optimization techniques (code splitting, lazy loading, memoization).
• Exposure to accessibility standards (WCAG) and inclusive design practices is a plus.
• Exposure to design systems or component libraries is a plus.

Cloud Expertise:

• Exposure to cloud platforms such as AWS, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), or Microsoft Azure.
• Basic familiarity with cloud-native services for data storage, compute, and monitoring.
• Experience deploying or supporting containerized applications in Kubernetes is a plus.

Good to have: Search/Retrieval/AI:

• Interest or exposure to search or information retrieval systems.
• Experience with RAG/generative AI, conversational AI, agents, LLMs.
• Familiarity with search platforms such as Elasticsearch, Apache Solr, or similar is a plus.
• Basic understanding of text processing, semantic search, or AI-driven features is beneficial.

SaaS Knowledge: Experience working on SaaS applications or cloud-hosted services. Understanding of standard concepts related to modern distributed systems and cloud operations.

Product Development: Experience collaborating with product management and design to implement well-defined requirements. Ability to translate clear business and technical requirements into working software. Contribute to feature development within a defined scope.

• Proven ability to collaborate effectively with teams across different regions.
• Willingness to collaborate with the China team and participate in cross-timezone work as needed.
• Scrum and JIRA experience a plus.

Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.

Fast-paced Environment: Experience working in a fast-paced, dynamic environment, preferably in a SaaS or technology-driven company.

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