Tech / Engineering
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
- HR call : get to know you !
- Culture & Technical fit — 45' with VP Eng: presentation, culture fit & technical discussion
- Technical interview — 60' on a concrete problem with a developer
- 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.
Applying at DeepIP is also the opportunity to access a broader network. Should we not proceed with a job offer, we would be pleased to refer you to the
Talent Club
. The talent club was created by Serena and aims at offering talents great opportunities in innovative companies (Dataiku, Malt, Libeo…)
Department Tech / Engineering Locations Paris Remote status Hybrid
Contact Eva Tello Talent Partner – HR & Talent
Colleagues
Alexandre Storelli
VP of Engineering
Pierre Leveau
Lead Machine Engineer
Mohamed KERROUMI
Senior Machine Learning Engineer
About DeepIP
DeepIP was officially created in 2023, branching from our AI-focused sister company, Kili Technology.
DeepIP uses AI to unlock new levels of efficiency and value in IP practices.
By embracing AI, Gen AI, and the modern software stack, IP professionals can transcend the limitations of conventional processes and deliver exceptional services that protect and value innovation effectively.
Founded in 2023
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Tech / Engineering
Data Engineer (Agentic Search)
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