Helen Ashworth
SSoftware Engineer at Kainos · Lucene, learning to rank
- Kainos
- London, UK · GMT (UTC+0)
- 1+ years experience
- University College Dublin
- English
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I've spent 1 years on search and ranking, now at Kainos. Cut p99 latency on the search services from 550ms to 66ms. Most at home with Java and Lucene. Volunteer coding coach for school students.
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Skills
LuceneA/B testinglearning to rankPythonJavaElasticsearch
Experience
- Software EngineerOct 2025 - PresentKainos · 1 yr · Full-time · London, UK
- Shipped 29 launches on the search team without a rollback.
- Reduced cloud spend on search by 27% in two quarters.
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Education
- University College DublinBSc, Computer Engineering2022 - 2025
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