What are the responsibilities and job description for the Solr Admin / Search Engineer - New York position at New York Technology Partners?
We are looking for a skilled Solr Admin / Search Engineer to design, implement, and optimize scalable search solutions using Apache Solr. This role is ideal for someone with strong experience in search technologies, indexing, and performance tuning in high-volume environments.
Role: Solr Admin / Search Engineer
Type: Long Term Contact
Location: New York
Key Responsibilities
- Design and implement scalable search solutions using Apache Solr
- Develop and maintain Solr schemas, configurations, and analyzers
- Optimize search performance, relevance, and query tuning
- Monitor, troubleshoot, and maintain Solr clusters and indexing pipelines
- Integrate Solr with REST APIs and microservices architecture
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams (Engineering, Data, Product)
- Write unit and integration tests to ensure code quality
- Maintain documentation for search architecture and configurations
Required Skills
- 3 years of Apache Solr administration experience (must)
- Strong knowledge of Lucene / Elasticsearch
- Proficiency in Java and JVM tuning
- Deep understanding of indexing, tokenization, and relevance tuning
- Experience with REST APIs and microservices
- Hands-on with CI/CD tools (Jenkins, Maven, Git)
- Strong Linux/system performance troubleshooting skills
Interested or open to new opportunities?
Please send your updated resume with contact details to
Thanks and Regards
Vikas Mahindrakar
Direct:
New York Technology Partners
120 Wood Avenue S | Suite 504 | Iselin, NJ 08830