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Search Relevance Engineer Jobs (NOW HIRING)

The Search Recommendations & Relevance team at Reddit is building the next generation of search ... Mentor and guide senior and staff engineers in the team. * Influence org-wide technical direction ...

Search Architect

Chicago, IL · On-site

$64.50 - $84.75/hr

... Search relevance tuning and analytics experience. • Production support and release management experience. • AWS Cloud (EC2, ECS/Fargate, S3, Lambda, DocumentDB). • DevOps and CI/CD ...

A day in the life You work alongside scientists and engineers on some of the hardest open problems in search relevance, teaching models to understand what customers really mean when they ask for ...

The ideal candidate combines deep expertise in information retrieval and search relevance with ... engineering experience with 3+ years in search, information retrieval, or related fields * Strong ...

WI · On-site

$118K - $156K/yr

What is The Role: We're looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join the Elasticsearch - Search Relevance team. This globally-distributed team of expert engineers focuses on delivering a robust and ...

$90K - $119K/yr

What is The Role: We're looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join the Elasticsearch - Search Relevance team. This globally-distributed team of expert engineers focuses on delivering a robust and ...

$90K - $119K/yr

What is The Role: We're looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join the Elasticsearch - Search Relevance team. This globally-distributed team of expert engineers focuses on delivering a robust and ...

WI · On-site

$118K - $156K/yr

What is The Role: We're looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join the Elasticsearch - Search Relevance team. This globally-distributed team of expert engineers focuses on delivering a robust and ...

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How much do search relevance engineer jobs pay per year?

As of Sep 11, 2026, the average yearly pay for search relevance engineer in the United States is $87,220.00, according to ZipRecruiter salary data. Most workers in this role earn between $76,500.00 and $97,500.00 per year, depending on experience, location, and employer.

What is a search relevance engineer?

A Search Relevance Engineer is a specialist who focuses on improving the quality and accuracy of search results within search engines or website search functionalities. Their main goal is to ensure users find the most relevant information based on their queries by fine-tuning algorithms, analyzing search data, and implementing features like ranking signals, synonyms, and personalization. They work closely with data scientists, product managers, and software engineers to continually test and optimize search systems. By enhancing search relevance, they help improve user satisfaction and engagement.

How does a search relevance engineer typically collaborate with data scientists and product managers to improve search results?

As a Search Relevance Engineer, you’ll work closely with data scientists to analyze user behavior and search data, identifying patterns that inform ranking algorithms and relevance improvements. Collaboration with product managers is also essential, as they help define business goals and user requirements, ensuring that your technical solutions align with product objectives. Regular cross-functional meetings, joint brainstorming sessions, and iterative feedback cycles are common practices, fostering a highly collaborative environment where technical and strategic perspectives come together to enhance the search experience.

What are the key skills and qualifications needed to thrive as a search relevance engineer, and why are they important?

To thrive as a Search Relevance Engineer, you need a solid understanding of information retrieval, natural language processing (NLP), and machine learning, typically supported by a degree in computer science or a related field. Experience with search platforms like Elasticsearch or Solr, as well as proficiency in programming languages such as Python or Java, are commonly required. Strong analytical thinking, collaboration, and effective communication skills help you work with cross-functional teams and interpret user intent. These skills and qualities are essential for building search systems that deliver accurate, relevant results and significantly improve user satisfaction.

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Infographic showing various Search Relevance Engineer job openings in the United States as of September 2026, with employment types broken down into 1% Internship, 87% Full Time, 9% Part Time, and 3% Contract. Highlights an 86% Physical, 4% Hybrid, and 10% Remote job distribution, with an average salary of $87,220 per year, or $41.9 per hour.

Staff Machine Learning, GAI Search Relevance - Moveworks

Mountain View, CA • On-site, Remote

ServiceNow
IT Services • 5 - 10K employees

$176K - $308K/yr

Full-time

Medical, Retirement

Posted 22 days ago


ServiceNow rating

8.3

Company rating: 8.3 out of 10

Based on 10 frontline employees who took The Breakroom Quiz


Job description

Company Description

It all started when engineer Fred Luddy wrote code that automated a tedious task for his coworker, Phyllis. She cried tears of joy. That moment inspired Fred to build a company that could do that for everyone—freeing people from busywork so they could focus on meaningful work. Today, ServiceNow is the AI control tower for business reinvention. Our ServiceNow AI platform brings together any AI, any data, and any workflow— helping 85% of the Fortune 500® work smarter, faster, and better. We're building an AI-native culture where technology and talent are unstoppable together. And we're just getting started.

Join us to put AI to work for people.

Job Description

What You Will Do

We are looking for a search relevance engineer to work with a team to improve a search based question answering platform. At Moveworks, we build search technology to answer enterprise users’ tech questions instantly, by combining modern information retrieval methodology with the latest advancement in natural language understanding. Our core Search product value is achieved through the capability of accurately retrieving, matching and ranking text snippets extracted from heterogeneous knowledge sources, as direct answers to users’ requests. You will play a critical role in boosting answer quality by meeting the challenges such as lexical gap, semantic text understanding, and data sparsity.

We’re building a team that indexes on moving fast, solving challenging product/engineering problems and providing value to our customers. To be successful, you'll be partnering with product, user experience, customer success and other engineering teams to identify, define and build elegant solutions.

  • Craft new ranking features and optimizing existing ones to enhance relevance metrics
  • Develop algorithm framework to support diversified ranking features
  • Design platform and tooling to enable parallel ranking experiments
  • Develop metrics to evaluate ranking performance
Qualifications

What You Bring To The Table

  • First-hand experience in traditional information retrieval techniques, or machine learning based ranking models
  • Capable of deriving insights from query logs analysis and identifying areas of improvement for search quality
  • Background in text processing, information retrieval, natural language understanding, or machine learning

Nice to Have

  • Experience in Golang

For positions in this location, we offer a base pay of $176,100 - $308,200, plus equity (when applicable), variable/incentive compensation and benefits.  Sales positions generally offer a competitive On Target Earnings (OTE) incentive compensation structure.  Please note that the base pay shown is a guideline, and individual total compensation will vary based on factors such as qualifications, skill level, competencies and work location.  We also offer health plans, including flexible spending accounts, a 401(k) Plan with company match, ESPP, matching donations, a flexible time away plan and family leave programs.  

Compensation is based on the geographic location in which the role is located and is subject to change based on work location. 


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Equal Opportunity Employer

ServiceNow is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, gender identity,  veteran status, or any other category protected by law. In addition, all qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with legal requirements.  

Accommodations

We strive to create an accessible and inclusive experience for all candidates. If you require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application process, or are unable to use this online application and need an alternative method to apply, please contact globaltalentss@servicenow.com for assistance. 

Export Control Regulations

For positions requiring access to controlled technology subject to export control regulations, including the U.S. Export Administration Regulations (EAR), ServiceNow may be required to obtain export control approval from government authorities for certain individuals. All employment is contingent upon ServiceNow obtaining any export license or other approval that may be required by relevant export control authorities. 

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At ServiceNow, our technology makes the world work for everyone, and our people make it possible. We move fast because the world can't wait, and we innovate in ways no one else can for our customers and communities. By joining ServiceNow, you are part of an ambitious team of change makers who have a restless curiosity and a drive for ingenuity. We know that your best work happens when you live your best life and share your unique talents, so we do everything we can to make that possible. We dream big together, supporting each other to make our individual and collective dreams come true. The future is ours, and it starts with you. With more than 7,400+ customers, we serve approximately 80% of the Fortune 500, and we're proud to be one of FORTUNE's 100 Best Companies to Work For® and World's Most Admired Companies® 2022.

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Headquarters location

Santa Clara, CA, US

Year founded

2004