Search at SEEK by Mark Pritchard
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Abstract
Search is a critical component at SEEK - it is the primary way we connect job seekers with opportunities. We made the decision to build our own proprietary AI-based search engine here in Melbourne about 3 years ago, forgoing existing technology such as Elastic and Algolia. This new engine has been progressively deployed through Jora over the past few years and since February this year powers 100% of SEEK AU + NZ job search.
This talk will provide a brief introduction to SEEK's search engine - the problem domain, why we built a bespoke engine, how we integrated AI and machine learning, its performance and reliability.
Bio
Mark Pritchard is the Director of Search and Technology in the AI Platform Services team at SEEK. He has 25 years of experience in search, computational advertising and high-performance computing.
https://www.seek.com.au/about/
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