We are seeking an experienced Enterprise Search Engineer to lead the assessment, enhancement, modernization, and continuous performance optimization of enterprise search platforms across public-facing websites and internal employee portals. In this role, you will work closely with cross-functional technical, content, and communications teams to
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resolve search effectiveness challenges, optimize content discoverability, and improve information architecture. Leveraging deep expertise in enterprise search engines, SEO best practices, structured data, and scripting, you will implement technical solutions that ensure high search relevance, accuracy, accessibility, and smooth integration across dynamic web environments.
Location: Toronto, ON (Hybrid – 3 days in office)
Duration: 6-month contract.
Advantages
Modern Search Engineering: Direct hands-on influence over enterprise search engines, taxonomy structures, and advanced search algorithms.
Dual-Platform Scope: Architect search solutions spanning both public-facing digital platforms and internal enterprise employee portals.
Advanced Technical Stack: Integrate search engines with Single Page Applications (SPAs), WordPress CMS environments, and automated Python/Bash workflows.
Flexible Work Model: Enjoy work-life balance with a structured hybrid arrangement in Toronto.
Responsibilities
Support the evaluation, upgrade, and continuous performance optimization of enterprise search engines and related discovery technologies.
Collaborate with business, communications, content, and technical teams to identify search challenges, gather requirements, and design user-centric search solutions.
Develop and maintain search standards, metadata strategies, taxonomy improvements, and content optimization workflows to increase search relevance and accuracy.
Configure search collections, implement structured schema markup (JSON-LD), optimize metadata, and resolve rendering or indexing issues for dynamic content.
Analyze search analytics, employee feedback, and user behavior metrics to identify information access barriers and enhance overall user experience.
Optimize search visibility, crawlability, and indexing for Single Page Applications (SPAs) using JavaScript SEO, pre-rendering, and dynamic rendering strategies.
Implement WordPress SEO best practices, plugin configurations, technical site architecture designs, and mobile search optimizations.
Write automation scripts using Python, Bash, or JavaScript to interact with REST APIs, manage large-scale search data workflows, and execute technical diagnostics.
Monitor search performance metrics, track key indicators, and produce analytical reports and presentations to guide continuous improvement.
Ensure all search solutions align with digital service standards, accessibility requirements (WCAG), and modern web usability guidelines.
Qualifications
Enterprise Search Platforms: Proven experience integrating, configuring, and optimizing enterprise search platforms (such as SearchBlox, Elasticsearch, or Apache Solr) (Strictly Required).
CMS & SPA Integration: Hands-on experience optimizing search performance within WordPress CMS environments and JavaScript-based Single Page Applications (SPAs) (Strictly Required).
Technical SEO & Structured Data: Deep expertise in technical SEO, site architecture design, metadata optimization, JSON-LD schema markup, canonicalization, and crawl budget management (Strictly Required).
Scripting & Automation: Strong proficiency in scripting languages (Python, Bash, or JavaScript) and API tools (cURL) to automate diagnostics and manage search data workflows (Strictly Required).
Analytics & Diagnostic Tools: Demonstrated experience using analytics and diagnostic platforms (Google Analytics GA4, Google Search Console, Screaming Frog, SEMrush, or Ahrefs) to monitor KPIs and drive optimizations (Strictly Required).
Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or an equivalent combination of education and professional experience.
Summary
If you're interested in the "Enterprise Search Engineer" role based in Toronto, we encourage you to apply online at www.randstad.ca.
Only qualified candidates will be contacted for the next steps. We look forward to hearing from you!
Randstad Canada is committed to fostering a workforce reflective of all peoples of Canada. As a result, we are committed to developing and implementing strategies to increase the equity, diversity and inclusion within the workplace by examining our internal policies, practices, and systems throughout the entire lifecycle of our workforce, including its recruitment, retention and advancement for all employees. In addition to our deep commitment to respecting human rights, we are dedicated to positive actions to affect change to ensure everyone has full participation in the workforce free from any barriers, systemic or otherwise, especially equity-seeking groups who are usually underrepresented in Canada's workforce, including those who identify as women or non-binary/gender non-conforming; Indigenous or Aboriginal Peoples; persons with disabilities (visible or invisible) and; members of visible minorities, racialized groups and the LGBTQ2+ community.
Randstad Canada is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible workplace for all its candidates and employees by supporting their accessibility and accommodation needs throughout the employment lifecycle. We ask that all job applications please identify any accommodation requirements by sending an email to accessibility@randstad.ca to ensure their ability to fully participate in the interview process.
This posting is for existing and upcoming vacancies.
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We are seeking an experienced Enterprise Search Engineer to lead the assessment, enhancement, modernization, and continuous performance optimization of enterprise search platforms across public-facing websites and internal employee portals. In this role, you will work closely with cross-functional technical, content, and communications teams to resolve search effectiveness challenges, optimize content discoverability, and improve information architecture. Leveraging deep expertise in enterprise search engines, SEO best practices, structured data, and scripting, you will implement technical solutions that ensure high search relevance, accuracy, accessibility, and smooth integration across dynamic web environments.
Location: Toronto, ON (Hybrid – 3 days in office)
Duration: 6-month contract.
Advantages
Modern Search Engineering: Direct hands-on influence over enterprise search engines, taxonomy structures, and advanced search algorithms.
Dual-Platform Scope: Architect search solutions spanning both public-facing digital platforms and internal enterprise employee portals.
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Advanced Technical Stack: Integrate search engines with Single Page Applications (SPAs), WordPress CMS environments, and automated Python/Bash workflows.
Flexible Work Model: Enjoy work-life balance with a structured hybrid arrangement in Toronto.
Responsibilities
Support the evaluation, upgrade, and continuous performance optimization of enterprise search engines and related discovery technologies.
Collaborate with business, communications, content, and technical teams to identify search challenges, gather requirements, and design user-centric search solutions.
Develop and maintain search standards, metadata strategies, taxonomy improvements, and content optimization workflows to increase search relevance and accuracy.
Configure search collections, implement structured schema markup (JSON-LD), optimize metadata, and resolve rendering or indexing issues for dynamic content.
Analyze search analytics, employee feedback, and user behavior metrics to identify information access barriers and enhance overall user experience.
Optimize search visibility, crawlability, and indexing for Single Page Applications (SPAs) using JavaScript SEO, pre-rendering, and dynamic rendering strategies.
Implement WordPress SEO best practices, plugin configurations, technical site architecture designs, and mobile search optimizations.
Write automation scripts using Python, Bash, or JavaScript to interact with REST APIs, manage large-scale search data workflows, and execute technical diagnostics.
Monitor search performance metrics, track key indicators, and produce analytical reports and presentations to guide continuous improvement.
Ensure all search solutions align with digital service standards, accessibility requirements (WCAG), and modern web usability guidelines.
Qualifications
Enterprise Search Platforms: Proven experience integrating, configuring, and optimizing enterprise search platforms (such as SearchBlox, Elasticsearch, or Apache Solr) (Strictly Required).
CMS & SPA Integration: Hands-on experience optimizing search performance within WordPress CMS environments and JavaScript-based Single Page Applications (SPAs) (Strictly Required).
Technical SEO & Structured Data: Deep expertise in technical SEO, site architecture design, metadata optimization, JSON-LD schema markup, canonicalization, and crawl budget management (Strictly Required).
Scripting & Automation: Strong proficiency in scripting languages (Python, Bash, or JavaScript) and API tools (cURL) to automate diagnostics and manage search data workflows (Strictly Required).
Analytics & Diagnostic Tools: Demonstrated experience using analytics and diagnostic platforms (Google Analytics GA4, Google Search Console, Screaming Frog, SEMrush, or Ahrefs) to monitor KPIs and drive optimizations (Strictly Required).
Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or an equivalent combination of education and professional experience.
Summary
If you're interested in the "Enterprise Search Engineer" role based in Toronto, we encourage you to apply online at www.randstad.ca.
Only qualified candidates will be contacted for the next steps. We look forward to hearing from you!
Randstad Canada is committed to fostering a workforce reflective of all peoples of Canada. As a result, we are committed to developing and implementing strategies to increase the equity, diversity and inclusion within the workplace by examining our internal policies, practices, and systems throughout the entire lifecycle of our workforce, including its recruitment, retention and advancement for all employees. In addition to our deep commitment to respecting human rights, we are dedicated to positive actions to affect change to ensure everyone has full participation in the workforce free from any barriers, systemic or otherwise, especially equity-seeking groups who are usually underrepresented in Canada's workforce, including those who identify as women or non-binary/gender non-conforming; Indigenous or Aboriginal Peoples; persons with disabilities (visible or invisible) and; members of visible minorities, racialized groups and the LGBTQ2+ community.
Randstad Canada is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible workplace for all its candidates and employees by supporting their accessibility and accommodation needs throughout the employment lifecycle. We ask that all job applications please identify any accommodation requirements by sending an email to accessibility@randstad.ca to ensure their ability to fully participate in the interview process.
This posting is for existing and upcoming vacancies.
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