Java Search Infrastructure Engineer

Shopify

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Posted: 44 days ago

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Shopify is a leading global commerce platform that enables businesses of all sizes to start, grow, and manage their retail operations online and in-person. It provides tools for storefronts, payments, shipping, and marketing to millions of merchants worldwide.

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As a Java Search Infrastructure Engineer at Shopify, you will join a dynamic engineering team to build distributed systems that power search query serving across billions of products. Your daily responsibilities include designing high-throughput scatter-gather systems, owning end-to-end search APIs, optimizing JVM and networking performance, and creating comprehensive observability through structured logging and metrics. You will also develop A/B testing frameworks for data-driven experimentation at scale while collaborating with platform engineers and SREs to ensure system resilience and scalability. The role requires expertise in Java for large-scale distributed systems, experience with search infrastructure and service frameworks like Thrift or gRPC, networking knowledge including HTTP/2 and TCP tuning, observability practices, and strong cross-disciplinary collaboration skills.

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Java Distributed Systems Scatter-Gather Patterns Search Infrastructure HTTP/2 TCP Tuning Thrift gRPC RPC Frameworks Observability Logging Pipelines Metric Infrastructure Distributed Tracing Load Balancing A/B Testing Consistent Hashing Adaptive Routing

What you'll do

Build high-throughput scatter-gather systems coordinating queries across hundreds of shards.
Own end-to-end search APIs, including interface design and load balancing.
Optimize JVM performance through connection pooling and request batching techniques.
Design comprehensive observability with structured logging and distributed tracing.
Develop A/B testing frameworks for large-scale data-driven experimentation.

What we're looking for

Proven expertise in Java for building large-scale distributed systems.
Experience with search infrastructure, including scatter-gather patterns and query execution.
Networking skills: HTTP/2, TCP tuning, connection management, protocol design.
Familiarity with service frameworks like Thrift or gRPC.
Expertise in observability tools: logging pipelines, metrics, distributed tracing.
Knowledge of load balancing techniques and A/B testing methodologies.
Strong collaboration abilities across cross-disciplinary teams.

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