Algolia

About the Company

Algolia, the world's only end-to-end AI Search solution, helps businesses and developers understand their online users and show them exactly what they need. Algolia is the one-stop shop for AI search and works by feeding an array of signals into multiple AI models that understand user intent and surface personalized results that meet business needs. The company uses this deep understanding to create exceptional customer experiences, and to drive revenue growth for customers.

Algolia achieves its vision by enabling more than 17,000 customers to build blazing fast and relevant search experiences for their in-app users and/or online visitors by surfacing the desired content instantly and at scale.

Algolia was recently named a Leader in the inaugural 2024 Gartner(r) Magic Quadrant(tm) for Search and Product Discovery Algolia's journey to leadership is underpinned by its unwavering commitment to three foundational pillars Speed, Ease of Use, and Scale.

Algolia is known for its blazing fast speed with results returned in a staggering 1 to 20 milliseconds, Algolia's AI search eclipses industry standards by up to 200-fold, setting a new benchmark for user satisfaction and ROI optimization. The platform's ease of use empowers rapid implementation and effortless integration, Algolia's APIs catalyze swift go-to-market strategies. Augmented by SDKs and a robust code library, the platform streamlines development while offering unparalleled analytics capabilities, ensuring every interaction is finely tuned to perfection. And, as the preeminent hosted search engine globally, Algolia processes a staggering 1.7 trillion searches annually. With an index housing over 30 billion records and operating at an awe-inspiring 99.999% availability, Algolia empowers enterprises to scale unprecedented heights of user-centricity.

Founded in 2012 in Paris, the company grew and subsequently moved its headquarters to San Francisco to expand its operations and penetrate the North American market.

Listed Jobs

Company Name

Algolia

Job Title

Staff Software Engineer, Events

Job Description

**Job Title:** Staff Software Engineer, Events **Role Summary:** Lead technical strategy, architecture, and execution for a high‑scale customer‑facing Events platform. Drive cross‑team projects, mentor engineers, and ensure robust, scalable API and event ingestion pipelines. **Expactations:** - Own design and delivery of complex, cross‑functional features. - Rapidly onboard to and improve an existing production codebase. - Shape architectural decisions impacting multiple engineering teams. - Remove bottlenecks and eliminate single points of failure. - Collaborate with product, frontend, and infrastructure partners to align priorities and deliver customer‑delighting features. **Key Responsibilities:** - Define and implement scalable backend systems, primarily in Go. - Lead cross‑team initiatives with clear technical roadmaps and measurable outcomes. - Mentor and coach engineers to raise technical competency and foster a high‑trust culture. - Ensure reliability, performance, and observability of the Events platform. - Work with GCP, Kubernetes, and Pub/Sub environments; coordinate with Rails/React services. - Participate in system re‑architecting or migration efforts as needed. **Required Skills:** - Extensive experience building backend services at scale, preferably with Go. - Deep understanding of distributed systems, APIs, and event ingestion pipelines. - Proven ability to navigate and improve large, production‑grade codebases quickly. - Demonstrated leadership of cross‑team projects and technical strategy. - Strong mentorship and team‑building track record. - Excellent problem‑solving, communication, and collaboration skills. **Required Education & Certifications:** - Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field (or equivalent practical experience). - Relevant certifications (e.g., GCP Professional Cloud Architect) are a plus but not mandatory.

Paris, France

Remote

09-11-2025

Company Name

Algolia

Job Title

Senior Site Reliability Engineer

Job Description

Job Title: Senior Site Reliability Engineer Role Summary: Design, build, and operate highly reliable, scalable, and cost‑efficient search infrastructure for an API‑first search platform. Lead incident response, automate operations, and collaborate with product and engineering teams to maintain continuous availability of high‑volume search services. Expectations: - Deliver end‑to‑end reliability solutions for search products serving trillions of queries annually. - Own automated incident, monitoring, and self‑healing pipelines that reduce toil and improve uptime. - Manage SLOs, error budgets, and operational metrics to balance reliability and cost. Key Responsibilities: - Operate and sustain search services on Kubernetes clusters backed by AWS or Azure. - Design and implement self‑healing mechanisms, automated incident response, and alerting strategies. - Build and maintain monitoring infrastructure using Datadog and custom stacks; compute SLOs and error budgets. - Automate repetitive operational tasks with IaC tools (Terraform), configuration management (Chef), and CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, CircleCI). - Reduce technical debt by refactoring legacy components and improving quality. - Conduct post‑incident reviews, coordinate incident management, and manage customer‑requested changes. - Mentor junior SREs and collaborate cross‑functionally with product and development teams. Required Skills: - 5+ years of experience in a scalable, high‑availability environment. - Proficiency in at least one programming language (Python, Go, or Ruby). - Strong software craftsmanship mindset. - Experience with public cloud providers (AWS, Azure, GCP) and managing Kubernetes. - Deep knowledge of Linux system administration, networking, and troubleshooting. - Familiarity with IaC (Terraform), CI/CD, and configuration management (Chef). - Excellent communication, organizational, and teamwork skills. Required Education & Certifications: - Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent practical experience). - Relevant cloud certifications (AWS Certified DevOps Engineer, Azure SRE, or equivalent) preferred but not mandatory.

Paris, France

Remote

Senior

20-11-2025

Company Name

Algolia

Job Title

Senior Software Engineer - Search Platform

Job Description

Job title: Senior Software Engineer – Search Platform Role Summary: Lead the design, development, and operations of Metis, a cloud‑native distributed architecture powering Algolia’s AI search engine that blends keyword and vector search. Expactations: Deliver high‑reliability, scalable systems; participate in on‑call rotation; enforce rigorous code quality and automated testing; mentor team members on distributed systems best practices. Key Responsibilities: • Architect and implement new features for Metis, ensuring performance, scalability, and fault tolerance. • Operate and monitor the production environment, including troubleshooting and resolving high‑impact incidents. • Own the system’s health, performance, and security posture; proactively identify and mitigate risks. • Collaborate cross‑functionally with product, data science, and infrastructure teams to define and ship product requirements. • Lead code reviews, enforce coding standards, and maintain technical documentation. Required Skills: • Strong background designing, building, and operating distributed systems at scale. • Proficiency with large datasets and high‑traffic workloads. • Expertise in Go programming language and Kubernetes orchestration. • Familiarity with Site Reliability Engineering principles (monitoring, alerting, incident response). • Excellent written and spoken English. • Demonstrated commitment to automated testing, CI/CD, and engineering best practices. Required Education & Certifications: • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or related field (or equivalent professional experience).

Paris, France

Remote

Senior

28-12-2025

Company Name

Algolia

Job Title

Don't see what you're looking for? (EMEA Sales - EU)

Job Description

**Job title** Account Executive – EMEA Sales **Role Summary** Drive revenue growth by prospecting, qualifying, and closing new account opportunities across the EMEA region. Serve as the primary point of contact for potential clients, building strong relationships, presenting tailored solutions, and negotiating contracts. **Expected Outcomes** - Consistently meet or exceed quarterly sales quotas. - Grow pipeline in alignment with regional growth targets. - Introduce new prospects to product value and secure signed contracts. - Deliver accurate forecasts and pipeline updates to leadership. **Key Responsibilities** - Prospect and qualify inbound/outbound leads, leveraging market research and tools. - Conduct discovery calls to understand client needs, pain points, and objectives. - Deliver product demos and presentations that articulate business value. - Develop and present proposals, pricing, and negotiated terms. - Manage end-to-end sales cycle from qualification to close, ensuring proper documentation in CRM. - Collaborate with product, marketing, and support teams to align strategy and execution. - Maintain relationships post-sale to enable upsell/cross‑sell opportunities. - Provide feedback to product teams on market trends and customer requirements. **Required Skills** - Proven B2B SaaS sales experience (3+ years) in a similar role. - Strong prospecting and cold‑calling skills using Salesforce/HubSpot or equivalent. - Excellent communication, presentation, and negotiation abilities. - Ability to articulate technical product benefits to non‑technical audiences. - Resilience, self‑motivation, and ability to work independently in a high‑trust environment. - Comfortable handling ambiguous processes and driving own initiatives. - Fluent in English; proficiency in additional EMEA languages is a plus. **Required Education & Certifications** - Bachelor’s degree in Business, Marketing, Computer Science, or related field. - Preferred sales certifications (e.g., Certified Inside Sales Professional, or similar).

France

Remote

13-01-2026