Application Engineer

About the Role

We are seeking a talented Software Engineer to join our on-site team in Garden City, NY. The ideal candidate has strong backend development experience, C#/.Net preferred, and is comfortable working with modern cloud platforms. You will play a key role in building, integrating, and optimizing our flagship site search product, HawkSearch, with a focus on scalability, reliability, and performance.

This position is an excellent opportunity for someone who enjoys solving complex problems, working independently and in a collaborative environment, and has a strong interest in search technologies.

Responsibilities

• Implement HawkSearch solutions for Bridgeline clients including configuration, search tuning, front end development to integrate with ecommerce websites and back end development for custom functionality using C#.
• Interact with clients to understand their business and technical requirements.
• Assist with scoping, estimation and requirements documentation for client projects. 
• Contribute to technical design discussions.
• Write clean, maintainable, and testable code.

Required Qualifications

• 3+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Strong communication skills.
• Proficiency in backend development, C# preferred.
• Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (AWS preferred).
• Strong understanding of APIs, microservices, and integration patterns.
• Solid knowledge of relational databases and/or NoSQL databases.
• Strong troubleshooting and debugging skills.
• Ability to work on-site in Garden City, NY.

Preferred / Nice-to-Have Skills

• Experience with search technologies
  such as: Lucene, Elasticsearch/OpenSearch, Algolia, Coveo, SearchSpring, Klevu, Bloomreach.
• Familiarity with ecommerce systems such as: BigCommerce, Optimizely Configured Commerce, Shopify, Magento/Adobe Commerce, WooCommerce, Shopware, Unilog.
  
• Familiarity with JIRA & Confluence.
• Salesforce experience is a plus.

What We Offer

• Competitive salary and benefits package.
• Collaborative, growth-oriented work environment.
• Opportunity to work with modern technologies and contribute to impactful projects.