kfzteile24
Senior Java Search Engineer – Elasticsearch / OpenSearch (f / m / d)
kfzteile24, Italy, New York, United States
Overview
kfzteile24 is Germany's leading digital company for car parts and automotive equipment. Based in Berlin, we operate multiple online shops (kfzteile24.de, autoteile24.de, carpardoo) across Europe and are known for expert advice, a wide product range and fast, reliable deliveries. We support customer mobility with a high-quality search experience. Your role
Senior Java Search Engineer - Elasticsearch / Opensearch (f / m / d) will join our cross-functional team responsible for the search engine powering our e-commerce platform. You will help build and continuously improve a high-performance, highly available, automotive-aware search solution that enables customers to find exactly the right part for their vehicle. You will work closely with developers, product owners, QA and DevOps to design, implement, and optimize search services based on Java, OpenSearch, Elasticsearch and AWS technologies. What we offer
Permanent employment contract and 30 days vacation Possibility of home office 3 days a week Internal and external training opportunities Up to 50% employee discount in our branches and workshops Various health and sport offers (e.g. Bike-Leasing, VDU glasses) Additional benefits such as language courses via Babbel, company pension plan, corporate benefits Your responsibilities
Design and implement scalable search functionalities and services in Java Own end-to-end the lifecycle of search features: from design to deployment Ensure high availability and low latency under high traffic conditions Tune and extend OpenSearch and Elasticsearch capabilities for our specific use case (e.g., vehicle-fitment search, attribute-based filtering, as well as sorting) Collaborate on API and data model design to support efficient, relevant and personalized search results Actively contribute to architectural discussions and code reviews Continuously monitor, benchmark and improve search performance Ensure testability, observability and maintainability of the search systems Share knowledge within the team and mentor other engineers where needed Qualifications
5+ years in software engineering with a strong backend and Java / JVM focus Expertise in search technologies (OpenSearch, Elasticsearch, Solr, Lucene) Strong understanding of search relevance, indexing, querying, and performance tuning Experience with high-load & large-scale distributed systems, REST APIs and microservices Skilled in cloud environments and containers (AWS, Docker, Kubernetes) Pragmatic & collaborative mindset, and strong communication skills (English required, German a plus) Bonus skills
Experience in the automotive domain or similar structured product spaces Knowledge of vehicle-specific product data modeling and fitment logic Exposure to observability tools (e.g., New Relic, OpenTelemetry) Skills in CI / CD and Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform, GitLab CI, Jenkins, etc.) How to apply
If you would like to be part of our IT team, apply for the position with us as Senior Java Search Engineer - Elasticsearch / Opensearch (f / m / d), stating your salary expectations and your earliest starting date. For questions, please contact Irina Ring at +49 01520 315 4804.
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kfzteile24 is Germany's leading digital company for car parts and automotive equipment. Based in Berlin, we operate multiple online shops (kfzteile24.de, autoteile24.de, carpardoo) across Europe and are known for expert advice, a wide product range and fast, reliable deliveries. We support customer mobility with a high-quality search experience. Your role
Senior Java Search Engineer - Elasticsearch / Opensearch (f / m / d) will join our cross-functional team responsible for the search engine powering our e-commerce platform. You will help build and continuously improve a high-performance, highly available, automotive-aware search solution that enables customers to find exactly the right part for their vehicle. You will work closely with developers, product owners, QA and DevOps to design, implement, and optimize search services based on Java, OpenSearch, Elasticsearch and AWS technologies. What we offer
Permanent employment contract and 30 days vacation Possibility of home office 3 days a week Internal and external training opportunities Up to 50% employee discount in our branches and workshops Various health and sport offers (e.g. Bike-Leasing, VDU glasses) Additional benefits such as language courses via Babbel, company pension plan, corporate benefits Your responsibilities
Design and implement scalable search functionalities and services in Java Own end-to-end the lifecycle of search features: from design to deployment Ensure high availability and low latency under high traffic conditions Tune and extend OpenSearch and Elasticsearch capabilities for our specific use case (e.g., vehicle-fitment search, attribute-based filtering, as well as sorting) Collaborate on API and data model design to support efficient, relevant and personalized search results Actively contribute to architectural discussions and code reviews Continuously monitor, benchmark and improve search performance Ensure testability, observability and maintainability of the search systems Share knowledge within the team and mentor other engineers where needed Qualifications
5+ years in software engineering with a strong backend and Java / JVM focus Expertise in search technologies (OpenSearch, Elasticsearch, Solr, Lucene) Strong understanding of search relevance, indexing, querying, and performance tuning Experience with high-load & large-scale distributed systems, REST APIs and microservices Skilled in cloud environments and containers (AWS, Docker, Kubernetes) Pragmatic & collaborative mindset, and strong communication skills (English required, German a plus) Bonus skills
Experience in the automotive domain or similar structured product spaces Knowledge of vehicle-specific product data modeling and fitment logic Exposure to observability tools (e.g., New Relic, OpenTelemetry) Skills in CI / CD and Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform, GitLab CI, Jenkins, etc.) How to apply
If you would like to be part of our IT team, apply for the position with us as Senior Java Search Engineer - Elasticsearch / Opensearch (f / m / d), stating your salary expectations and your earliest starting date. For questions, please contact Irina Ring at +49 01520 315 4804.
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