Sr. Video Search Engineer (Video Search, Lucene / Solr, Java at Apple Inc. (Cupertino, CA)

Apple is looking for experienced, self-driven engineers to deliver the next generation of Siri and instant Video Search on the TV app. This is an opportunity to be part of a team which is building and revamping search platforms to create a best in class video search experience for our customers. This is the perfect opportunity for someone who is passionate about search, and is excited about working cross-functionally to deliver the most polished customer experience in search.
 

Key Qualifications:
Experience developing high quality, high performance Server Software in Java
Experience with HTTP server architecture
Experience with Information Retrieval techniques
Experience with search technologies and systems
Experience with Lucene/Solr or similar search engines preferred
Experience with video domain preferred
Knowledge of Hadoop/Spark is a plus
Good understanding of server-client protocols, algorithms and data structures
Ability to quickly prototype ideas and using creative approaches for solving complex problems.

Description:
As a member of the Apple Media Products Search team you will be working on various components of the Search platform - search ranking, search query interpretation, language models, index data modeling and pipelines. Responsibilities will include design, development and maintenance of core search components that serves millions of customers worldwide. This role will be responsible for bringing the latest in search and discovery ideas to production at a large scale. If you want to craft new ways for customers to discover content in a rapidly growing catalog on the Apple ecosystem of devices and platforms, this is the place to be.

Education:
BS, MS or PhD in Computer Science or related domains.

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