Search Solutions Architect

About the role

Elastic, the Search AI company, is hiring a Search Solutions Architect in the United Kingdom. You will design and deploy solutions that combine Elastic's AI, semantic search and vector search technologies, such as ELSER, to help organisations unlock the full potential of their data.

Key responsibilities

• Design and implement next-generation search solutions using AI, semantic search, vector search, RAG, vector databases and other emerging technologies.
• Enable accurate and efficient search and data retrieval using ELSER (the Elastic Learned Sparse Encoder).
• Implement vector search algorithms and create high-dimensional vector representations of data.
• Deliver proof-of-concept projects showing the value of AI, semantic search, vector search and ELSER.
• Share expertise through presentations and blog posts and promote Elastic's vision.
• Collaborate with engineers, data scientists and industry experts and foster knowledge sharing within the Solutions Architecture team.

Required profile

• 10+ years of experience designing and architecting enterprise-level search solutions.
• Deep understanding of AI and semantic search, with a focus on RAG, vector search and NLP.
• Familiarity with ecosystem technologies such as Hugging Face and LangChain, and with ELSER and other Hugging Face models.
• Experience with vector databases and emerging data storage solutions.
• Excellent communication skills with technical and non-technical audiences.
• Fluency in Spanish is an advantage.

What we offer

• Competitive pay based on the work done, not previous salary.
• Health coverage for you and your family in many locations.
• Flexible locations and schedules for many roles.
• Generous number of vacation days each year.
• Matching of up to $2,000 (or local currency equivalent) for donations and service, and up to 40 hours per year for volunteering.
• Minimum of 16 weeks of parental leave.