Software Engineer (Assist team)

At Algolia, we’re proud to be a pioneer and market leader in AI Search, empowering 17,000+ businesses to deliver blazing-fast, predictive search and browse experiences at internet scale. Every week, we power over 30 billion search requests — four times more than Microsoft Bing, Yahoo, Baidu, Yandex, and DuckDuckGo combined.

In 2021, we raised $150 million in Series D funding, quadrupling our valuation to $2.25 billion. This strong foundation enables us to keep investing in our market-leading platform and serving incredible customers like Under Armour, PetSmart, Stripe, Gymshark, and Walgreens.

The Team

Assist

Algolia Assist is a customer facing search assistant leveraging GenAI to help users achieve their goals faster. It brings together actionable suggestions, clear insights, and AI assistance directly into the dashboard to remove friction, increase confidence, and drive better outcomes.
The Assist team builds the backend capabilities that power these experiences. We design and develop the APIs, system integrations, and backend agents that enable intelligent guidance across the platform. Our mission is to make Algolia feel intuitive and proactive, helping customers unlock value without needing to be experts.

The role will consist of:

As a Software Engineer on the Assist team, you will help build the backend systems that power intelligent product guidance at scale. This is primarily a backend role focused on APIs, system orchestration, and agent-driven workflows, with opportunities to collaborate closely with full stack teammates.

You will:

• Design and build backend services in Ruby on Rails and Go that power Assist’s AI-driven capabilities
• Develop clean, well-structured APIs that integrate seamlessly with other internal systems and the Algolia dashboard
• Architect and maintain system interfaces between backend agents and product surfaces
• Take ownership of features from design to production, ensuring reliability, performance, and maintainability
• Collaborate closely with product managers, designers, and frontend engineers to turn guidance concepts into real, user-facing impact
• Review, debug, and occasionally contribute to TypeScript code to unblock teammates and ensure smooth end-to-end delivery
• Improve observability, monitoring, and production stability for critical Assist services
• Participate in technical discussions and contribute to shaping how Assist evolves as a core product capability
• This is a great opportunity for an engineer who enjoys backend systems, API design, and cross-team collaboration, and who is excited about building AI-powered product experiences that directly improve customer outcomes.

You might be a fit if you have:

Must-haves:

• Strong backend experience with Ruby on Rails
• Experience designing and building APIs that are consumed by frontend applications or other services
• Solid understanding of system design fundamentals, including scalability, reliability, and performance
• Experience working with production systems and debugging complex issues
• A collaborative mindset and strong communication skills in English

Nice-to-haves:

• Experience with TypeScript - comfort reading, reviewing, or debugging frontend code
• Experience with Go and/or Python -  comfort reading, reviewing, or debugging Go code and backend services written in these languages
• Exposure to AI-powered systems, agent-based workflows, or automation platforms
• Familiarity with distributed systems or service-oriented architectures
• Experience working in hybrid cloud or containerized environments

Team’s current stack:

Ruby on Rails and Golang for backend services, TypeScript for frontend surfaces within the Algolia dashboard.

FLEXIBLE WORKPLACE STRATEGY:

Algolia’s flexible workplace model is designed to empower all Algolians to fulfill our mission to power search and discovery with ease. We place an emphasis on an individual’s impact, contribution, and output, over their physical location. Algolia is a high-trust environment and many of our team members have the autonomy to choose where they want to work and when. 

We have a global presence with offices in Paris, NYC, London, Sydney and Bucharest, however we also offer many of our team members the option to work remotely either as fully remote or hybrid-remote employees. Positions listed as "Remote" are only available for remote work within the specified country. Positions listed within a specific city are only available in that location - depending on the role it may be available with either a hybrid-remote or in-office schedule.

WE’RE LOOKING FOR SOMEONE WHO CAN LIVE OUR VALUES:

• GRIT - Problem-solving and perseverance capability in an ever-changing and growing environment.
• TRUST - Willingness to trust our co-workers and to take ownership.
• CANDOR - Ability to receive and give constructive feedback.
• CARE - Genuine care about other team members, our clients and the decisions we make in the company.
• HUMILITY - Aptitude for learning from others, putting ego aside.

We’re looking for talented, passionate people to help build the world’s best search and discovery technology. We value autonomy, diversity, and collaboration. We’re committed to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone is respected and supported—regardless of race, age, ancestry, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, color, veteran status, disability, or socioeconomic background.

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READY TO APPLY?

If you share our values and our enthusiasm for building the world’s best search & discovery technology, we’d love to review your application!