Senior Java Developer- Solr
Redmond, WA

Job Description

If you want to help build thriving businesses and guide the Retail industry from now to NEXT, keep reading to see how your ability to solve complex problems can make digital transformation a reality for clients.

Primary Responsibilities:

* Work closely with clients to establish technology solutions at business and technical level.
* Help to build client relationships and participate in business development and proposal work.

Requirements:

* Hands on experience in using at least Solr 6.x, or above.
* Hands on experience in implementing data gathering & text extraction, tagging or document classification using frameworks like apache TIKA, and SOLR connectors for popular cms like teamsite, drupal, adobe-cq, file-systems, dbs or index update handlers.
* Hands on experience in writing & using OOTB & customized query relevancy techniques to boost & burry the documents using document rank and other attributes.
* Good knowledge on Search and Information retrieval concepts.
* Hands on experience of using Apache Lucene core APIs.
* Understanding of SOLR, SOLRCloud, LucidWork Fusion Search platform eco-systems,
* Understanding of data load & extract techniques to support natural language processing using Apache TIKA, Apache OpenNLP.
* Understanding of 'keyword search', natural language search', intent & semantic based and cognitive search techniques.
* Experience in Customizing search workflows that includes faceted search, keywords search, phrase search, field search, query expansion using synonyms.
* Experience in search results tuning by optimizing query load, offline sorting, shard based search.
* Has experience in CICD for in-house & cloud based implementations.
* Has experience in Zookeeper to manage SOLR implementation for synchronization, fault tolerance, service registry.

Key Responsibilities:

* Design, plan and implement IT solutions for an Apache Solr Search
* Lead mid-level planning exercises with developers/engineers
* Anticipate issues and risks at the module level and escalate appropriately
* Project Manage scope, time and quality throughout the project life-cycle
* Facilitate and drive workshops and client meetings in order to help to translate business requirements into system design

Publicis Sapient is a digital transformation partner helping established organizations get to their future, digitally-enabled state, both in the way they work and the way they serve their customers. We help unlock value through a start-up mindset and modern methods, fusing strategy, consulting and customer experience with agile engineering and problem-solving creativity. As digital pioneers with 20,000 people and 53 offices around the globe, our experience spanning technology, data sciences, consulting and customer obsession - combined with our culture of curiosity and relentlessness - enables us to accelerate our clients' businesses through designing the products and services their customers truly value. Publicis Sapient is the digital business transformation hub of Publicis Groupe. For more information, visit publicissapient.com.

As part of our dedication to an inclusive and diverse workforce, Publicis Sapient is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity without regard for race, color, national origin, ethnicity, gender, protected veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, or religion. We are also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, you may contact us at hiring@publicissapient.com or you may call us at +1-617-621-0200.

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