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Search and recommendations engineer jobs in Europe
128 open roles for search engineers in Europe as of Nov 15, 2026. Elastic, Nebius, commercetools, Perplexity and Deliveroo have the most. 7 are remote.
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Skills asked for in search and recommendations engineer roles in Europe
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- Software Engineer - Database SearchSnowflake · 🇩🇪DE-Berlin-Trion Building—JavaC++SQL
- Senior Search and Recommendations Engineer, StoreApify · 🇨🇿Prague—HybridSeniorTypeScriptReactNode.js
- Principal Java Engineer - Distributed Systems, Serverless - ElasticsearchElastic · 🇪🇸Spain · +8 more locations€80K - €127KLead and aboveJavaElasticsearchServerless
- Senior Java Engineer - Distributed Systems, Serverless - ElasticsearchElastic · 🇬🇧United Kingdom · +7 more locations—SeniorJavaElasticsearchServerless
- Software Engineer - Universal SearchMark43 · 🇬🇧Manchester · +1 more location—TypeScriptReactJava
- Senior Software Engineer - Universal SearchMark43 · 🇬🇧Manchester—SeniorTypeScriptReactJava
- Senior Machine Learning Engineer - Recommendations (Core)SoundCloud · 🇬🇧🇩🇪Berlin, London—SeniorPythonGCPMachine Learning
- Staff Engineer - SearchStaffbase · 🇩🇪Berlin, Germany; Chemnitz, Sachsen, Germany; Dresden, Sac…—Lead and aboveGoTypeScriptReact
- Senior Java Engineer - Security - ElasticsearchElastic · 🇪🇸Spain · +2 more locations€67K - €106KSeniorJavaElasticsearchSOC 2
- Senior Java Engineer - Core/Infra - ElasticsearchElastic · 🇪🇸Spain · +2 more locations€67K - €106KSeniorJavaCI/CDKubernetes
- Senior Software Engineer, Search & AIMuck Rack · 🇬🇧🇨🇦🇮🇪Remote (Bulgaria, Canada, Ireland, United Kingdom, United…€95K - €110KRemoteSeniorPythonTypeScriptJavaScript
- Senior Software Engineer, AI Search8am · 🇨🇿Remote - Czech Republic—RemoteSeniorPythonLLMAWS
- Principal Product Manager Agents and Context - ElasticsearchElastic · 🇮🇪Ireland · +1 more location€105K - €166KLead and aboveLLMRAGElasticsearch
- Principal Product Manager II, AI/Vectors - ElasticsearchElastic · 🇮🇪Ireland€131K - €207KLead and aboveAIElasticsearchVector databases
- Principal Product Manager II, AI/Vectors ElasticsearchElastic · 🇬🇧United Kingdom—Lead and aboveAIElasticsearchVector databases
- Senior Software Engineer (Agentic Search) - Web Access EngineerNebius · 🇨🇭Zurich, Switzerland · +1 more location—SeniorRustGoPython
- Staff Software Engineer (Agentic Search) - RuntimeNebius · 🇳🇱Amsterdam, Netherlands · +2 more locations—Lead and aboveRustC++
- Staff Software Engineer (Agentic Search) - CrawlerNebius · 🇨🇭Zurich, Switzerland · +2 more locations—Lead and aboveC++Kafka
- Senior ML Engineer (Agentic Search)Nebius · 🇳🇱🇬🇧🇨🇭Amsterdam, Netherlands; London, United Kingdom; Remote -…—RemoteSeniorPythonC++Machine Learning
- Senior Machine Learning Engineer - RecommendationsDeliveroo · 🇬🇧London, England—SeniorPythonMachine LearningAI
- Senior Software Engineer - Performance Tuning - ElasticsearchElastic · 🇮🇪Ireland · +2 more locations€87K - €138KSeniorRustJavaC++
- Principal Software Engineer (Java) - Security - ElasticsearchElastic · 🇬🇧United Kingdom—Lead and aboveJavaElasticsearchSOC 2
- Senior Java Software Engineer - Search Inference - PlatformElastic · 🇵🇹Portugal · +4 more locations€56K - €88KSeniorJavaMachine LearningElasticsearch
- Member of Technical Staff (Machine Learning Engineer, Search Agent RL)Perplexity · 🇷🇸Belgrade—HybridMachine LearningLLMAI
- Member of Technical Staff (Search Core DevOps Engineer)Perplexity · 🇷🇸Belgrade—RustGoPython
- Senior ML Research Scientist – AI & Generative Recommendation (f/m/d)Adjoe · 🇩🇪Berlin—HybridSeniorPyTorchJiraAI
- Senior AI Search engineer(m/f/x)commercetools · 🇩🇪München, Bayern, Germany (Hybrid) · +1 more location—HybridSeniorRustScalaKubernetes
- Senior AI Search engineercommercetools · 🇪🇸Valencia, Spain (Hybrid) · +1 more location—HybridSeniorRustScalaKubernetes
- Senior Machine Learning Engineer - Recommendations (Experience)SoundCloud · 🇬🇧🇩🇪Berlin, London—SeniorPythonJavaSQL
- Senior Software Engineer - Personalization (f/m/d)Contentful · 🇩🇪Berlin, Germany—SeniorTypeScriptReactCI/CD
- Senior Applied Research Scientist - PersonalizationSpotify · 🇬🇧London—RemoteSeniorPythonPyTorchComputer Vision
- Principal Software Engineer - Search Infra - ElasticsearchElastic · 🇷🇴Romania · +8 more locations—Lead and aboveJavaElasticsearchSlack
- Senior Machine Learning Engineer - Growth & PersonalisationDeliveroo · 🇬🇧London, England—SeniorPythonMachine LearningAI
- Machine Learning Engineer II - Growth & PersonalisationDeliveroo · 🇬🇧London, England—PythonMachine LearningAI
- Staff Software Engineer (Agentic Search) - IndexNebius · 🇨🇭Zurich, Switzerland · +1 more location—Lead and aboveRustC++
- Senior Software Engineer (Agentic Search) – Web Rendering (Chromium)Nebius · 🇨🇭Zurich, Switzerland · +1 more location—SeniorRustGoPython
- Senior Search Backend Engineercommercetools · 🇬🇧London, England, United Kingdom (Hybrid) · +4 more locations—HybridSeniorRustScalaTerraform
- Senior Search Backend Engineer (m/f/x)commercetools · 🇩🇪München, Bayern, Germany (Hybrid) · +2 more locations—HybridSeniorRustScalaTerraform
- Senior AI Engineer - Search & Recommendation - Patient Team (x/f/m)Doctolib · 🇫🇷Paris—HybridSeniorPythonTypeScriptReact
- Senior Software Engineer, Aggregation & SearchChainalysis · 🇬🇧United Kingdom—RemoteSeniorGoPythonJava
- Senior Site Reliability Engineer - SearchAlgolia · 🇫🇷Paris, France€70K - €97KSeniorKubernetesEnglishVector databases
- Principal Software Engineer - Vector Search - ElasticsearchElastic · 🇵🇹Portugal · +7 more locations€67K - €106KLead and aboveJavaPostgreSQLMongoDB
- Principal Software Engineer - Performance Tuning - ElasticsearchElastic · 🇷🇴Romania · +6 more locations—Lead and aboveRustJavaC++
- Member of Technical Staff (Machine Learning Engineer, Ranking Quality - Search)Perplexity · 🇷🇸Belgrade—Machine LearningLLMAI
- Senior Search EngineerAmo · 🇫🇷Paris—SeniorRust
- Staff Machine Learning Engineer - Retrieval (x/f/m)Doctolib · 🇫🇷Paris—HybridLead and abovePythonTypeScriptReact
- Senior Software Engineer - Storage Engine - ElasticsearchElastic · 🇳🇴Norway · +5 more locations—SeniorJavaPostgreSQLMongoDB
- Senior Data Engineer - RecommendationsTruecaller · 🇸🇪Stockholm, Sweden—SeniorPythonGCPAzure
- Internship - Search Backend Infra EngineerPerplexity · 🇷🇸Belgrade—HybridInternRustGoC++
- AI Integrations Engineer (Open Source · Web Search)SearchApi · 🇱🇹Remote - Lithuania—RemotePythonTypeScriptRuby
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Who is hiring for search and recommendations engineer roles in Europe
Where search and recommendations engineer roles in Europe are
- 🇪🇺Europe128
- 🇬🇧United Kingdom30
- 🇬🇧London15
- 🇩🇪Germany13
- 🇪🇸Spain13
- 🇮🇪Ireland11
- 🇩🇪Berlin10
- 🇨🇭Switzerland10
- 🇷🇸Serbia9
- 🇵🇱Poland7
A role that lists several places is counted in each of them.
Questions about search and recommendations engineer jobs in Europe
- How many search and recommendations engineer jobs in Europe are open right now?
- There are 128 open search and recommendations engineer jobs in Europe at 24 companies on Jobs Every Hour as of Nov 15, 2026. 18 of them were posted in the last seven days. The list is rebuilt every hour from the employers' own careers pages.
- Which companies have the most search and recommendations engineer jobs in Europe?
- Right now the most openings are at Elastic (66), Nebius (13), commercetools (12), Perplexity (10) and Mark43 (3). The ranking changes as companies open and close roles.
- Are there remote search and recommendations engineer jobs in Europe?
- 7 of the 128 open search and recommendations engineer jobs in Europe (5%) are listed as remote. Remote roles are often limited to certain countries or time zones, so check the location line of each job.
- What do search and recommendations engineer jobs in Europe pay in euros?
- 37 of the open postings state a yearly range in euros: the median midpoint is €94,500, and the middle half advertise €86,500 to €111,000. These are advertised ranges as each employer wrote them, not verified pay.
- Is it hard to get one of the search and recommendations engineer jobs in Europe?
- 3 of the 128 open search and recommendations engineer jobs in Europe (2%) are for beginners: junior roles and internships. Of the 45 postings that state experience, the median asks for 5 years. 24 companies are hiring and 18 roles were posted in the last seven days. Matching your resume to the skills each posting names helps most; the free resume builder shows the match.
- How is AI changing search and recommendations engineer jobs in Europe?
- 36 of the 128 open search and recommendations engineer jobs in Europe (28%) ask for AI or machine-learning skills, most often AI, LLM, Machine Learning. Employers still list 128 such roles today at 24 companies. Counted from the postings' own text on Nov 15, 2026.
- What skills do search and recommendations engineer jobs in Europe ask for?
- Most often Elasticsearch (65%), Java (56%), Rust (30%), Kubernetes (26%), Serverless (26%) of the 128 open postings, counted from their own text on Nov 15, 2026.
- Which job titles come up most in search and recommendations engineer jobs in Europe?
- Principal Software Engineer (25), Senior Software Engineer (19), Senior Java Engineer (14), Principal Java Engineer (9), Staff Software Engineer (8): the most common titles among the 128 open roles, without the level and place notes in brackets.
- Are search and recommendations engineer jobs in Europe in demand in 2026?
- 128 search and recommendations engineer jobs in Europe are open on Jobs Every Hour today at 24 companies, 0.1% of all 148,162 open jobs here; 18 were posted in the last seven days. 7 (5%) can be done remotely.
- How do I apply for search and recommendations engineer jobs in Europe?
- Open a job and press “Apply on company site”. You go straight to the employer's own careers page and apply there. Jobs Every Hour needs no account and charges nothing for applying.








