Sorry guys, for some reason this emerged here at the time I'm in active search so could not keep myself in hands :)
Maybe, this is a sign? All the best, pylucene is nice, especially JCC which we still use to make other java libs friends with python. Alexander. On Wed, Mar 3, 2021 at 12:27 PM Alexander Yaworsky <alexander.yawor...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi Pengcheng Xiong, > > out of interest, why pylucene-dev? > > Although I'm not a fan of ads and also recently moved all my personal > projects away from AWS, I almost lost my job so I'm free for a while. > > I was working for a tiny US-based company remotely for last 15 years. > The business has declined because the owner had a stroke more than > year ago so my objective since then was to help him to maintain the > infrastructure till the acquisition by other company. > > We used pylucene in one of our products, which indexed news from > various sources and allowed users to track their searches in real time > (we called them watches). Plus some analytics. > > Not sure I can work on similar things, I need to check > non-solicitation section of my contract, there are some restrictions. > But general things are okay. > > Alexander. > > On Wed, Mar 3, 2021 at 10:37 AM <pxi...@apache.org> wrote: > > > > Hi folks, > > > > Are you interested in Amazon’s Advertising (that employs state of art > > solutions involving Search, Digital Advertising, AWS technologies etc) > > but wondering which team can best leverage your expertise in > > Solr/Lucene? Please continue to read: > > > > My team is Sponsored Search Delivery (SSD) where we directly use Solr to > > efficiently render relevant Ads for shoppers. We deliver billions of ad > > impressions and millions of clicks daily and are breaking fresh ground > > to create world-class products. Powered with Solr, our systems scan > > billions of records in milliseconds to return relevant ads. The > > architectural excellence is evident from the fact that despite we’ve > > such high-throughput-low-tps Tier-1 system, our team enjoys an > > exceptionally low operations burden. Our solutions employ latest > > ‘information retrieval(IR)’ algorithms and we try to leverage latest > > research in IR to ensure superior shopper experience. It’s a great mix > > of ‘engineering’ and ‘applied-science’ to render relevant ads within > > milliseconds. > > > > My team is making tremendous investment in Solr research, development > > and application this year and the future. For example, we plan to apply > > vector search in Solr (SOLR-12890) to extend power of current > > keyword-based search to improve ads recall. We are experimenting > > approximate nearest vector search (LUCENE-9004) to achieve accuracy at a > > reasonable cost. We also plan to leverage rich features of Solr to > > return ads based on 'themes' (viz. brand-similar, economical, 4-star > > above etc.). We also plan to share the experience and lessons to > > Solr/Lucene community and find ways to contribute back to the community. > > > > With a broad mandate to experiment and innovate, we are growing at an > > unprecedented rate together with Amazon Ads business. There is a > > seemingly endless range of new opportunities ahead of us. We’re looking > > for amazing minds at various positions in team for New York Location > > (Primary goal is to expand the team in NYC, However, Location > > preferences of Boulder, Seattle, Toronto: can also be considered on case > > by case basis). Prior experience in Solr/Lucene would be a great value add. > > SDM: www.amazon.jobs/jobs/1427445?no_int_redir=1 > > <https://www.amazon.jobs/jobs/1427445?no_int_redir=1> > > SDE2: www.amazon.jobs/jobs/1451662?no_int_redir=1 > > <https://www.amazon.jobs/jobs/1451662?no_int_redir=1> > > SDE3:www.amazon.jobs/jobs/1357591?no_int_redir=1 > > <https://www.amazon.jobs/jobs/1357591?no_int_redir=1> > > ASII: www.amazon.jobs/jobs/1427080?no_int_redir=1 > > <https://www.amazon.jobs/jobs/1427080?no_int_redir=1> > > ASIII: www.amazon.jobs/jobs/1379670?no_int_redir=1 > > <https://www.amazon.jobs/jobs/1379670?no_int_redir=1> > > TPM: www.amazon.jobs/jobs/1353298?no_int_redir=1 > > <https://www.amazon.jobs/jobs/1353298?no_int_redir=1> > > > > If you are interested, please reply this email directly or reach out to > > the hiring manager Vikas Dhaka (dhavi...@amazon.com > > <mailto:dhavi...@amazon.com>) Thanks! > > > > Best > > > > Pengcheng Xiong > > > > (Apache Hive PMC member and committer working at Amazon) > > > >
