Constructor
Senior Backend Engineer: Offsite Search Optimisation
Remote — the employer does not say where candidates may be based.
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Employer listed it 3 months ago · Added yesterday
Been open since 3 months ago. Long-running listings are sometimes left up after the role is filled.
Salary
$80,000–$120,000
Location
Location not stated
Timezone
Not stated
Contract
Full-time
Experience
Senior
Category
Software
Stated by the employer in the job description
Remote flexibility
Undisclosed
The listing is advertised as remote but does not state which countries or regions candidates may work from.
Why this role is Undisclosed
We only label a role Work from anywhere, Region restricted or Work from home when the employer's own wording says so. We checked this advert under our current rules and found no country or region eligibility requirement in it. We don't guess, so it stays Undisclosed until the employer publishes enough location information. Here is exactly what the advert left out.
- Countries you can work from: Not stated. The advert only gives "Remote", which names no country you must live in.
- Whether the work is remote: Never mentioned. The role reached us through a remote job board, but the advert itself doesn't say the work is remote.
- Working hours: Not stated. No timezone overlap or set hours are mentioned, so assume nothing either way.
Worth a look all the same. Missing wording is usually a rushed job posting rather than a closed door, so ask where you can be based in your first message, before you write a tailored application.
What the employer says
- Source listing states candidate location: "Remote"
What Nomaders makes of it
- No residency or region requirement found in the job description
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About the role
About Us
Constructor is the next-generation platform for search and discovery in ecommerce, built to explicitly optimize for metrics like revenue, conversion rate, and profit. Our search engine is entirely invented in-house utilizing transformers and generative LLMs, and we use its core and personalization capabilities to power everything from search itself to recommendations to shopping agents. Engineering is by far our largest department, and we’ve built our proprietary engine to be the best on the market, having never lost an A/B test to a competitive technology. We’re passionate about maintaining this and work on the bleeding edge of AI to do so.
Out of necessity, our engine is built for extreme scale and powers over 1 billion queries every day across 150 languages and roughly 100 countries. It is used by some of the biggest ecommerce companies in the world like Sephora, Under Armour, and Petco.
We’re a passionate team who love solving problems and want to make our customers’ and coworkers’ lives better. We value empathy, openness, curiosity, continuous improvement, and are excited by metrics that matter. We believe that empowering everyone in a company to do what they do best can lead to great things.
Constructor is a U.S. based company that has been in the market since 2019. It was founded by Eli Finkelshteyn and Dan McCormick who still lead the company today. Requirements
Strong experience building and owning production backend services in Python
Strong SQL skills and confidence working with data-heavy systems (analytics, metrics, logging)
Experience with monitoring, alerting, and debugging user-facing systems
Ability to ship maintainable software (tests, code review, incremental delivery)
Nice to have
Knowledge of SEO fundamentals
Experience with APIs & auth (OAuth2, GA4 and Google Search Analytics API)
Experiente working with non-structured data (referrers, canonical URLs, page types)
Experience building data integrations between products
Understanding of ETL/ELT workflows on PySpark
Benefits
🏝️ Unlimited vacation time - we strongly encourage all employees to take at least 3 weeks per year
🌎 Fully remote team - choose where you live
🛋️ Work from home stipend - we want you to have the resources you need to set up your home office
💻 Apple laptops provided for new employees
🧑🎓 Training and development budget - refreshed each year for every employee
👪 Maternity & Paternity leave for qualified employees
🧠 Work with smart people who will help you grow and make a meaningful impact
💵 Base salary: $80k–$120k USD, depending on knowledge, skills, experience, and interview results
Requirements
The employer hasn't listed requirements separately, they're described in the role summary above and on the original listing.
Benefits
- ·🏝️ Unlimited vacation time - we strongly encourage all employees to take at least 3 weeks per year
- ·🌎 Fully remote team - choose where you live
- ·🛋️ Work from home stipend - we want you to have the resources you need to set up your home office
- ·💻 Apple laptops provided for new employees
- ·🧑🎓 Training and development budget - refreshed each year for every employee
How to apply
- 1Check the flexibility label above, undisclosed, matches where you plan to live and work.
- 2Tailor your CV to the role at Constructor, mentioning your remote working experience.
- 3Apply directly on the employer's careers page using the button below. Nomaders never handles your application.
Found 1d ago. Last checked today. Always confirm the details on the original posting, salary and location can change after publication.
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