Staff Software Engineer — Search Platform, API & Infrastructure

Overview

Advanced Content Engineering (ACE) is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to lead the design and delivery of the search platform’s control‑plane API and cloud infrastructure. The platform’s core promise is self‑service: internal client teams must be able to create a search system, configure an ingestion topology, promote a new index to production, and monitor system health—entirely through APIs—without requiring direct involvement from the platform team.

About the Role

This is a high‑ownership, high‑leverage position at the intersection of platform engineering, API design, and cloud infrastructure. Staff Engineers on this team own the full lifecycle of what they ship—full‑stack ownership is the baseline, not a bonus. Delivery friction is treated as an engineering problem: the team ships to production constantly, AI‑assisted development is the norm, and removing obstacles to fast, safe delivery is everyone's responsibility. The successful candida...