Tech Lead - Apache Solr/Java Job

YASH Technologies is a leading technology integrator specializing in helping clients reimagine operating models, enhance competitiveness, optimize costs, foster exceptional stakeholder experiences, and drive business transformation.

At YASH, we’re a cluster of the brightest stars working with cutting-edge technologies. Our purpose is anchored in a single truth – bringing real positive changes in an increasingly virtual world and it drives us beyond generational gaps and disruptions of the future.

We are looking forward to hire Apache Solr Professionals in the following areas :

Job Description:

Sr. Development Manager Search 

Years of Experience:  10+ 

Technologies:  

Search Technologies (Apache Solr), Java/J2EE, Microservices, REST APIs, Cloud platforms (AWS/Azure), React (preferred), DevOps tools (CI/CD), Git, Atlassian suite, Monitoring/Observability tools 

Responsibilities: 

• General 

• Own the delivery and evolution of Client enterprise Search platform, enabling intelligent and personalized search experiences across Client website and digital channels. 

• Lead the Search engineering squad, ensuring on-time and high-quality delivery of features and platform capabilities. 

• Define and drive a robust roadmap that aligns with customer needs, digital strategy, and data relevance. 

• Collaborate across engineering, product, and business teams to define technical direction and remove blockers related to data ingestion, indexing, ranking, and query performance. 

• Ensure continuous integration, delivery, monitoring, and observability practices are in place for high availability and reliability of the search infrastructure. 

• Stay current with evolving Search, AI/ML, and NLP technologies to guide platform modernization and relevancy innovation. 

• Drive best engineering practices including domain-driven design, microservices, cloud-native architecture, and DevOps culture. Leadership 

• Leadership 

• Foster a business-oriented culture and mindset driven by continual service improvement techniques. 

• Balance the needs of the various business units, and blend them to create a seamless, state-of-the-art B2B experience 

• Develop and sustain effective relationships and partnerships with key stakeholders, providing insights, thought leadership and guidance on changing industry landscape and opportunities to use existing technologies. 

• Builds and maintains relationships with other IT leaders to develop a clear understanding of business needs; ensures cost-effective technical solutions are in place to meet those needs and can respond with agility to changing business priorities  

• People Management 

• Implements strategies to attract, retain, motivate and develop talent in their organization. 

• Provides leadership, coaching and direction to direct reports.  

Skills/Qualifications:   

• 10+ years in software engineering with 5+ years in technical leadership or management roles, ideally within enterprise Search 
• Deep expertise in Search technologies such as Apache Solr and other modern search stacks. 

• Strong backend engineering background, including Java, J2EE, Spring Boot, REST APIs, and scalable microservices     

• Solid understanding of Search fundamentals: relevance tuning, NLP, faceting, ranking, synonyms, stemming, and query parsers. 

• Experience with data pipelines and real-time indexing  

• Knowledge of web project lifecycle including front-end/back-end development. 

• Familiarity with front-end frameworks (e.g., React) and their integration with Search APIs. 

• Experience building platforms in Cloud environments (AWS preferred), with strong focus on security and performance. 

• Background in observability, logging, and monitoring for high-performance systems. 

• Experience leading teams in agile/scrum environments with proven track record of managing cross-functional delivery. 

• Strong communication, influencing, and stakeholder management skills. 

• Passion for building great user experiences through search and discovery innovations. 

At YASH, you are empowered to create a career that will take you to where you want to go while working in an inclusive team environment. We leverage career-oriented skilling models and optimize our collective intelligence aided with technology for continuous learning, unlearning, and relearning at a rapid pace and scale.

Our Hyperlearning workplace is grounded upon four principles

• Flexible work arrangements, Free spirit, and emotional positivity
• Agile self-determination, trust, transparency, and open collaboration
• All Support needed for the realization of business goals,
• Stable employment with a great atmosphere and ethical corporate culture