Staff Search Engineer

CreatorIQ is the AI-native operating system for creator-led growth trusted by more than 1,300 global brands and agencies.

We’re on a mission to make businesses more human, and humans more impactful. We operate by our values — be intentional, pursue excellence every day, embrace the journey together, and be a good human — every day. CreatorIQ has earned the title of best companies to work for in multiple programs, including BuiltIn LA and NY, was named a Leader by The Forrester New Wave™: Influencer Marketing Solutions, and recognized by G2 as a Leader, Best Customer Relationship, G2 Top 100 Fastest-Growing Products, and rated 5 stars on Influencer MarketingHub. We operate in a flexible work model that combines both in-person and remote work to boost collaboration, enhance innovation, and adapt to individual work styles.

We're seeking passionate, innovative minds to join our journey. Be a part of our dynamic team and let's transform the industry together!

Staff Search Engineer

As a Staff Search Engineer, you’ll lead the design and evolution of CreatorIQ’s real-time search platform — the engine powering creator discovery across 30M profiles and billions of posts. You’ll architect and maintain Elasticsearch clusters, build high-performance APIs in Go, and ensure the scalability and reliability of search at massive scale. This role blends hands-on development with technical leadership, guiding architecture decisions and mentoring engineers to deliver a fast, reliable, and high-impact search experience for clients.

Primary Tech Stack: Go, Typescript, Elastic, AWS (Cloudwatch, SQS, Lambdas), MSSQL, AWS Redshift

Location: Poland

Key Responsibilities:

• Engage in back-end development to meet our product's evolving needs, ensuring robust, scalable, and high-performance solutions.

• Contribute to all stages of the product lifecycle, from conception to deployment, refinement, and scaling.

• Design, implement, and maintain ElasticSearch environments, aligning with the product’s performance and scalability requirements.

• Work collaboratively with product managers, architects, and other team members to deeply understand and address user needs and business objectives.

• Uphold high standards in software development with a focus on clean, testable, and maintainable code.

• Participate actively in code reviews, architecture discussions, and continuous refinement of our development processes.

• Foster a culture of ownership where team members feel empowered and accountable for their contributions.

Required Qualifications:

• 7-10+ years of software development experience with a strong background in computer science

• 3+ years of recent ElasticSearch experience or similar

• Capability to design and work with complex systems and high-load services.

• In-depth knowledge of ElasticSearch and familiarity with AWS infrastructure.

• Proven experience in Golang development or a strong willingness to learn and adapt.

• Solid foundation in computing theory, including OOP principles, database theory (RDBMS, NoSQL), and network interactions.

• Experience with REST API development, web application frameworks, testing frameworks, and version control systems (GIT).

• Proficiency in Python, PHP, or JavaScript (Node.js), Java, particularly in building scalable, high-load services.

• Familiarity with CI/CD processes and Agile development methodologies.

• Practical communication skills in English for working in an international team environment.

Preferred Experience:

• Background in Laravel, Symfony Framework, or other significant frameworks is a plus.

• Experience or certifications in cloud computing platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure).

• Knowledge of orchestration and containerization technologies (e.g., Kubernetes).

• A passion for continuous learning and staying abreast of the latest industry trends.

Why Join Us:

Be part of a team where innovation, user-centric design, and collaboration are at the core of everything we do. Help us build not just outstanding products, but a remarkable experience for our users.

Who we are:

CreatorIQ is the AI-native operating system for creator-led growth. Trusted by more than 1,300 global brands and agencies—including Burson, Delta Air Lines, Google, LVMH, Nestlé, and Sephora—CreatorIQ unifies creator marketing across paid, owned, earned, commerce, and community into one seamless, enterprise-grade ecosystem. With industry-leading intelligence infrastructure, rigorous compliance and security standards, and integrations with Meta, Snapchat, TikTok, YouTube, and more, CreatorIQ empowers brands and agencies to harness the creator economy as a strategic growth engine. CreatorIQ is a global company headquartered in Los Angeles with offices in Austin, New York, San Francisco, London, Manila, and Warsaw. Learn more at www.creatoriq.com and follow us on LinkedIn and Instagram.

At CreatorIQ, we believe that diversity is the key to unlocking our full potential. We are committed to fostering an inclusive, equitable, and empowering work environment where everyone can thrive, regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, age, religion, disability, or any other characteristic that makes us unique. By embracing our core values of being intentional, pursuing excellence every day, embracing the journey together, being a good human, and staying focused on what’s important, we create an atmosphere that promotes collaboration and growth. Join us to celebrate differences, innovate together, and be a part of a business that is disrupting the marketing industry.

Compensation, Benefits and Beyond:

We understand that a comprehensive benefits package plays a significant role in your overall compensation. To gain more insight into the various components of our total compensation, we invite you to review our benefits and perks.