Data Engineer (Agentic Search)

About Us

DeepIP is helping patent agents and attorneys streamline the process of drafting patent applications. This product leverages the latest advances in AI—like foundation models—to accelerate the fundamental steps involved in building these applications. In 2024, we have experienced tremendous growth, and we’re looking for passionate, driven individuals to help us accelerate further and reach new heights.

We are a team of collaborative hustlers, ambitious learners, and ownership champions. If you're excited about a fast-paced, flexible environment where growth is celebrated and every day brings new possibilities, join us on this exciting journey.

As we build DeepIP, we are looking for passionate, driven individuals to join us in Paris.

About the role

You will own the core of DeepIP's search infrastructure : a RAG-powered patent search engine built on Elasticsearch, indexing over 150 million documents. This is a high-impact, production-critical role at the intersection of search, applied AI, and legal tech.

What you’ll own:

• Build and maintain a RAG-powered Elasticsearch patent search engine (150M+ documents)
• Optimize ingestion pipelines, query performance, and search relevance
• Design, implement, and maintain production-grade AI systems using LLMs and custom models
• Ensure system reliability and quality: testing, CI/CD, clean architecture, monitoring, and observability
• Collaborate with end-users and product teams to align technical decisions with product vision
• Contribute to the long‑term vision of the product and technical architecture

Your North Star:

Deliver a reliable, high-performing patent search engine that powers all of DeepIP's services — while pushing the boundaries of applied AI in legal tech and ensuring AI features directly enhance user experience and product impact.

About you

• Strong knowledge of search systems and RAG pipelines
• Production experience with Elasticsearch on datasets of at least 10TB
• 5+ years of experience in software engineering, ideally in startups or with a strong technical background
• Strong hands‑on backend development skills in Python and/or Node
• Ability to design production-grade AI components with reliability and observability in mind
• Strong collaboration and communication skills

Not mandatory, but great to have: experience with LLM-based systems, familiarity with LLM SDKs (OpenAI, Anthropic, LiteLLM, Langchain), ML/Deep Learning background (NLP or Computer Vision), AI coding tools (Cursor, Copilot, Codex), interest or background in Intellectual Property.

Recruitment Process

1. HR call: get to know you!
2. Culture & Technical fit — 45' with VP Eng: presentation, culture fit & technical discussion
3. Technical interview — 90' on a concrete problem with a developer
4. Co‑founder + VP Eng final on‑site interviews

If you thrive in a fast-paced, ambitious, and super flexible environment, where collaboration, ownership, and a hunger for growth are celebrated, join us on this exciting journey.

DeepIP is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, sex, gender, sexual orientation, age, colour, religion, national origin, protected veteran status or on the basis of disability.