At Algolia, we are passionate about helping developers & product teams connect their users with what matters most in milliseconds!
The Mission
Empower developers to build and business owners to control and optimize discovery experiences that inspire their users and increase their chances to land on content they'd be interested in(e)We are building the recommendation engine for the world(e)Personalized and relevant sessions for every user every time is our north star.
The Opportunity
Algolia is the world’s only comprehensive search and discovery company(e)The core of discovery is recommendation(e)While Algolia’s history with Search is based on users pulling content with queries, Recommend aims at pushing content to them, without any particular explicit trigger(e)Using our recommendation platform means any business can take advantage of nex-gen (advanced) AI and ML technologies to create great online customer experiences(e)Our platform is the only one that can be customized to any companys’ unique business needs and instantly delivers precise, session-based recommendations(e)It’s designed to be easily integrated into existing infrastructure and software and doesn’t require constant and costly API and software updates(e)Recommendations generate more engagement from users (e.g(e)the success of feeds like TikTok demonstrate the power of pushing contents)(e)Finally, Recommend completes the discovery experience by filling areas that would not otherwise be filled with search(e)For example, auto-suggestion cart additions or media playlists or <insert your business need>.
The Team
The Search Platform is a remote first, multicultural team that believes our diversity should match the world around us(e)We are looking for a VP of Product who can define the long-term vision, articulate a long-term strategy, grow a global team of Product leaders, establish strong product mechanisms, build a roadmap and drive execution for product lines within Search Platform(e)As the VP of Product, you will deeply understand and instrument our activation funnel, research and develop success metrics, communicate and engage with our customers(e)Additionally, you will work cross functionally with other teams creating delightful moments for our customers(e)
YOUR ROLE WILL CONSIST OF:
YOU MIGHT BE A FIT IF YOU HAVE:
WE’RE LOOKING FOR SOMEONE WHO CAN LIVE OUR VALUES:
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REMOTE STRATEGY:
Algolia’s workplace strategy, Hybrid Remote, is designed to harness the power of the opportunities that remote work offers both employees and the company, while also providing an engaging in-office experience for the times when an employee is in an office(e)Our workplace approach reflects the belief that an employee’s impact, contribution, and output are more important than their physical location.
The majority of employees will be able to choose if, and when, they come into an office on a regular basis(e)There will be times when our people are asked to come into an office for “moments that matter:” activities like critical planning meetings and team social gatherings. Beyond those events, 80% of our workforce may choose the location from where they work in the country in which they were hired.
We have physical offices in San Francisco, NYC, Atlanta, Paris, London, Bucharest, and we will be opening a small office in Austin soon(e)https://www.algolia.com/about/
ABOUT US:
Millions of developers around the world use Algolia to unleash the power of search across their digital properties(e)They use Algolia because we are API-first(e)We unlock incredible flexibility(e)We build blazing fast speed into our APIs(e)We do this because we know developers want to build cool things and innovate(e)Under Armour, Lacoste, Birchbox, Stripe, Slack, Medium, Zendesk and 10,000+ other companies use Algolia to build not just great search, but search that converts at higher rates because of the relevancy(e)We help their customers find the right goods, offers, and content really quickly(e)So quickly, in fact, that they don’t go anywhere else(e)Algolia helps businesses build and optimize the search and discovery experience resulting in significantly enhanced online engagement, increased conversion rates and enriched lifetime value that generates profitable growth(e)Today, Algolia powers 1.5 Trillion searches a year – that’s 4 times more than Bing, Yahoo, DuckDuckGo, Baidu and Yandex combined(e)Our amazing technology is used by one in eight online users.
Founded in 2012, we're backed by $184M in funding from Accel Partners, Alven, DAG Ventures, Founders Circle, Owl Rock Capital, Point Nine Capital, SaaStr Fund, Salesforce Ventures, Storm Ventures and World Innovation Lab(e)The team is headquartered in San Francisco with offices in Paris, London, Tokyo, New York, and Atlanta(e)To learn more, visit www.algolia.com(e)
WHO WE'RE LOOKING FOR:
We’re looking for talented, passionate people to build the world’s best search & discovery technology(e)As an ownership-driven company, we seek team members who thrive within an environment based on autonomy and diversity(e)We're committed to building an inclusive and diverse workplace(e)We care about each other and the world around us, and embrace talented people regardless of their race, age, ancestry, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, color, veteran status, disability and socioeconomic background.
READY TO APPLY?
If you share our values and our enthusiasm for building the world’s best search & discovery technology, we’d love to review your application!