Senior Engineering Manager - Search Retrieval (Consumer, Global Discovery)

We are on the lookout for a Senior Engineering Manager to lead the Search Retrieval Domain within Global Discovery. This domain builds and operates the Tier-1 systems that power customer search across all our brands—systems that must remain highly available, low-latency, and globally scalable.

This is a pivotal leadership role where you will manage multiple squads and engineering managers, guide long-term technical strategy, and ensure that our retrieval stack evolves into a world-class platform. If you are passionate about distributed search systems, leading autonomous teams, and shaping the future of how millions of customers discover what they need every day, we want to hear from you.

In this role you will,

• Lead the domain responsible for the foundational components of our customer search experience.

• Lead & Scale the Domain: Manage and mentor engineering managers and senior ICs across three or more squads. Establish a strong delegation framework so decisions happen closest to the context. Build a durable second layer of leadership and attract top engineering talent.

• Own Tier-1 Search Services: Lead squads responsible for our core retrieval services—ensuring global scalability, low latency, and high availability. Drive architectural evolution from legacy systems toward modern retrieval and indexing paradigms.

• Drive Technical & Operational Excellence: Define, monitor, and improve domain-level SLOs and SLAs. Ensure best-in-class on-call practices, incident response, and post-mortem culture. Champion engineering rigor and ensure practices are documented, lived, and continuously improved.

• Shape the Long-term Domain Vision: Translate tribe-level objectives into a clear technical roadmap for the retrieval domain. Balance feature development with reliability, cost efficiency, and modernization initiatives. Stay informed on cutting-edge developments in search technologies and identify opportunities to adopt them.

• Partner Across Product & Engineering: Collaborate with Product to shape long-term search strategy and investment. Coordinate cross-team initiatives and work with other domain leaders to ensure seamless integration across the Search and Discovery ecosystem.