Backed by USV.
About the role
To support collaboration, we ask employees to be in the office at least two days a week: Wednesday and Thursday. Design, build, and maintain data pipelines that ingest, transform, and load content into Elasticsearch indices at scale.
What they're looking for
- Minimum 4+ years of experience in backend or data engineering, with hands-on ownership of production data pipelines and/or backend services
- Strong SQL and experience with data warehouses (Snowflake, BigQuery, Redshift, or similar)
- Proficiency in Python (or Java/Scala) for pipeline and service development, and experience with orchestration tools (Airflow, Dagster, Prefect, or similar)
- Experience with dbt for data transformation, modeling, and testing within the warehouse
- Hands-on experience with Elasticsearch or OpenSearch in production — index design, mappings, ILM, sharding, and cluster tuning
- Experience designing and operating backend services/APIs (REST or gRPC) — request handling, caching, and performance optimization for low-latency, read-heavy systems
More about this role
At Quizlet, our mission is to help every learner achieve their outcomes in the most effective and delightful way. We’re a $1B+ learning platform used by two-thirds of U.S. high school students and half of college students, powering over 1 billion learning interactions each week.
We blend cognitive science with machine learning to personalize and enhance the learning experience for students, professionals, and lifelong learners alike. We’re energized by the potential to power more learners through multiple approaches and various tools.
Join us to design and deliver AI-powered learning tools that scale across the world and unlock human potential.
🌎 Massive reach: 60M+ users, 1B+ interactions per week
🧠 Cutting-edge tech: Generative AI, adaptive learning, cognitive science
📈 Strong momentum: Top-tier investors, sustainable business, real traction
🎯 Mission-first: Work that makes a difference in people’s lives
🤝 Inclusive culture: Committed to equity, diversity, and belonging
The Search team (part of Coach & Orchestration) owns the full path from raw content to search results — the pipelines and infrastructure that get content indexed, the services that query it, and the systems that...
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