About the company
Meilisearch’s mission is to create a best-in-class search experience for every website and application. We are building a blazingly fast and ultra-relevant search engine made in Rust that allows our partners to have a powerful search engine without initial configuration. Features such as typo-tolerance, filters, and synonyms are provided out-of-the-box.
We are fully open source: we strongly believe the best way to realize our vision is to leverage the open source community's power. We already have many integrations and SDKs to allow any developer to try Meilisearch in their environment quickly. We have a vibrant connection with our community of early adopters and builders. We are in contact every day and eagerly listen to feedback from our contributors.
We completed a $15 million round of funding in September 2022, and are backed by 6 leading international investors Felicis Ventures, CRV, LocalGlobe, Mango Capital, Seedcamp, and Vercel CEO Guillermo Rauch. We have already partnered with industry heavyweights like Louis Vuitton and Platform.sh.
We are a team of 31 passionate people, and our project is growing fast (+10K GitHub stars in 12 months). We have been developing our OSS search engine product since 2018, and have been publicly monetizing our Cloud offer for a few months 🎉
In order to support the scaling of our engineering teams, we are looking for an Engineering Manager to lead and manage a team of 4 engineers working on our core search engine.
About the team
At Meilisearch, the Engine Team is responsible for developing the core search engine, one of the biggest public Rust projects, that combines performance, relevance and ease of use.
The team is open-source focused: it addresses topics such as the development of search algorithms, and more production-oriented aspects like the creation of an API. The core developers also contribute regularly to other open-source projects, like roaring-rs, fst, whatlang-rs, lindera, helix, and the Rust language.
You will directly report to Clémentine, our Head of Engineering. You will work hand in hand with Clément, Tech Lead, as well as the 4 engineers in this team: Maxime, Thomas, Loïc & Louis. They work closely with our open-source product manager, Guillaume. To know more about the rest of Meili people, check out this page.
Tech stack
The code base of the engine team is fully written in Rust and is currently composed of :
Meilisearch: an HTTP API handling the indexes and the task store of Meilisearch using actix. Meilisearch is currently the biggest project base on actix.
Milli: handles the indexation and the search of the engine based on LMDB.
Tokenizer: handles the tokenization and the support of different languages.
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What you’ll be doing
As an Engineering Manager, your role will include:Management
Leading a team of four backend software engineersSupporting the day-to-day of your team by reviewing, coaching, providing feedback, problem-solving, and removing roadblocksSupporting the individual growth and development of the people in your team (reviews, mentoring, providing feedback, and peer feedback), and helping them evolve at Meilisearch,Promoting skill evolution within your team through training, mentoring, and/or external recruitmentEnsuring the engineers in your team work effectively with each otherEstablishing and maintaining an inclusive, respectful, and diverse atmosphere to ensure that all voices are heardDelivery & Coordination
Managing the release (changelog, creation, milestones, automation…) on GitHub, and the communication around itWorking closely with the product team to understand, anticipate and define the team's prioritiesYou are responsible for the smooth execution of the sprint, and you ensure the priorities are followedCommunicating your team’s work and synchronizing with other managersActively engaging with the broader leadership teamYou are responsible for improving and creating processes in your team (release, meetings)Our ideal profile - Soft skills
Your fit with our team is as important to us as your technical background, if not more so. We are looking for someone with these important soft skills:You have a passion for helping teams and individuals grow, and for building an inclusive culture and diverse teamYou are empathetic, value direct communication, and practice active listeningYou give and receive feedback effectivelyYou have good organizational skills. You know how to synchronize with other teams and developers in your own teamAbility to delegate to the right personsOur ideal profile - Hard skills
Must have+2 years of professional experience leading or managing an engineering teamFluent English (if you’re not bilingual it’s fine, but you will be working orally and in writing with international teams)You are used to present your work or your team’s work to other teamsYou have experience handling and creating processes using git (strong knowledge needed) and automating them with CIsYou have solid project management skills; you can handle the communication and synchronization of a projectNice to have You have experience working closely with a Product teamYou have worked on an open-source project professionally or personallyRecruitment process
Please send us your resume and a quick note of why you might be a good fit for this job. Don't hesitate to have a look at our LinkedIn page, as well as our Meet the Team page (under construction). Screening interview (30min): If your profile fits, you will be contacted for a screening call to briefly chat about your background and motivations, and confirm your availability and salary expectations -> 30min. If it doesn't fit, you will get an email from us.Hiring Manager Interview (1h): you will meet Clémentine, our Head of Engineering, and Clément one of our co-founders. They will assess your technical fit with the role and ask you questions about your way of working. Technical Assessment: we will ask you to complete an assignment (under construction) and will schedule a 30/45 min to debrief with Clémentine and Guillaume, Product Manager, to evaluate your skills and give you a better idea of what working at Meilisearch could be like. Team fit interview (1h): you will meet with Maxime and Thomas, Software engineers to speak about your experience, skillset and to assess your fit with Meilisearch. At the same time we will conduct a reference check with 2 people of your choosing, who you are working with or have worked with the past.
