Principal Architect
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EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) delivers a fully optimized research experience, seamlessly integrated with a powerful discovery platform to support the information needs and maximize the research experience of our end-users. Headquartered in Ipswich, MA, EBSCO employs more than 2,700 people worldwide, with most embracing hybrid or remote work models. As an AI-enabled service leader, we thrive on innovation, forward-thinking strategies, and the dedication of our exceptional team. At EBSCO, we’re driven to inspire, empower and support research. Our mission is to transform lives by providing reliable and relevant information — when, where and how people need it. We’re seeking dynamic, creative individuals whose diverse perspectives will help us achieve this global, inclusive mission. Join us to help make an impact.
Your Opportunity:
We are seeking a highly experienced Principal Architect with deep expertise across both legacy and modern search platforms, with a strong focus on AWS OpenSearch. In this role, you will define the technical vision, architecture, and strategic direction of our enterprise search ecosystem. You will partner closely with engineering teams to design and deliver scalable, fault-tolerant, secure, and high-performance search solutions that power critical customer-facing applications. This is a highly influential and hands-on technical leadership role, shaping the future of how our organization indexes, searches, retrieves, and transforms large volumes of customer-facing data. This remote position is U.S.-based only (excluding U.S. territories).
What You'll Do:
Serve as the primary architect with a deep understanding of the EIS proprietary search platform, and design and implement the roadmap to a modern, scalable cloud-native search solutionChampion the adoption of advanced search capabilities including vector embeddings, hybrid search, NLP, relevancy optimization, and end-to-end observability and telemetry for search performanceProvide expert-level guidance in tuning OpenSearch clusters, including indexing strategies, data modeling, query optimization, and data lifecycle managementYour Team You will be welcomed as a member of the CSA Program Team which is aligned to the Content and Search Domain. Our team enjoys the flexibility and greater work life balance working remotely offers. There will be ample resources, tools, training, and support to ensure your success as a enter the role title and your development and career growth at EIS.
About You:
10+ years of experience in software engineering and architecture5+ years of hands-on experience with OpenSearch or Elasticsearch at significant operational scaleBachelor’s degree in computer science, MIS, Computer Engineering or other technical related degree or equivalent experienceStrong experience with cloud platforms (AWS preferred, AWS OpenSearch Service a plus)Deep understanding of, distributed search and indexing architectures, cluster performance tuning and results ranking capabilitiesProficiency in one or more programming languages such as Java or PythonProven experience designing high availability, mission critical, fully automated, large scale search systems What sets you apartKnowledge of AWS Cloud Based tooling and solutionsHands-on experience with OpenSearch or ElasticsearchHighly motivated to innovate within the search space and willingness to be hands on
Pay Range:
USD $160,105.00 - USD $228,720.00 /Yr.
Apply Now
EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) delivers a fully optimized research experience, seamlessly integrated with a powerful discovery platform to support the information needs and maximize the research experience of our end-users. Headquartered in Ipswich, MA, EBSCO employs more than 2,700 people worldwide, with most embracing hybrid or remote work models. As an AI-enabled service leader, we thrive on innovation, forward-thinking strategies, and the dedication of our exceptional team. At EBSCO, we’re driven to inspire, empower and support research. Our mission is to transform lives by providing reliable and relevant information — when, where and how people need it. We’re seeking dynamic, creative individuals whose diverse perspectives will help us achieve this global, inclusive mission. Join us to help make an impact.
Your Opportunity:
We are seeking a highly experienced Principal Architect with deep expertise across both legacy and modern search platforms, with a strong focus on AWS OpenSearch. In this role, you will define the technical vision, architecture, and strategic direction of our enterprise search ecosystem. You will partner closely with engineering teams to design and deliver scalable, fault-tolerant, secure, and high-performance search solutions that power critical customer-facing applications. This is a highly influential and hands-on technical leadership role, shaping the future of how our organization indexes, searches, retrieves, and transforms large volumes of customer-facing data. This remote position is U.S.-based only (excluding U.S. territories).
What You'll Do:
Serve as the primary architect with a deep understanding of the EIS proprietary search platform, and design and implement the roadmap to a modern, scalable cloud-native search solutionChampion the adoption of advanced search capabilities including vector embeddings, hybrid search, NLP, relevancy optimization, and end-to-end observability and telemetry for search performanceProvide expert-level guidance in tuning OpenSearch clusters, including indexing strategies, data modeling, query optimization, and data lifecycle managementYour Team You will be welcomed as a member of the CSA Program Team which is aligned to the Content and Search Domain. Our team enjoys the flexibility and greater work life balance working remotely offers. There will be ample resources, tools, training, and support to ensure your success as a enter the role title and your development and career growth at EIS.
About You:
10+ years of experience in software engineering and architecture5+ years of hands-on experience with OpenSearch or Elasticsearch at significant operational scaleBachelor’s degree in computer science, MIS, Computer Engineering or other technical related degree or equivalent experienceStrong experience with cloud platforms (AWS preferred, AWS OpenSearch Service a plus)Deep understanding of, distributed search and indexing architectures, cluster performance tuning and results ranking capabilitiesProficiency in one or more programming languages such as Java or PythonProven experience designing high availability, mission critical, fully automated, large scale search systems What sets you apartKnowledge of AWS Cloud Based tooling and solutionsHands-on experience with OpenSearch or ElasticsearchHighly motivated to innovate within the search space and willingness to be hands on
Pay Range:
USD $160,105.00 - USD $228,720.00 /Yr.
Apply Now