Noor deGroot

Senior Engineering Manager at Airbus · A/B testing, Lucene

Airbus

Amsterdam, Netherlands · CET (UTC+1)

9+ years experience

Politecnico di Milano

English, Dutch

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Overview

9 years in software engineering, the last 2 at Airbus, where I lead the search team. Shipped 21 launches on the search team without a rollback. Before that: Spotify and Volkswagen Group. Plant-based cook and baker.

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Roles in search and ranking
Thoughtful intros to people in my field
Questions about search and ranking
Speaking or podcast invitations

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Crypto token projects
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Skills

PythonElasticsearchlearning to rankA/B testingScalaJavaLucene

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Next role: Software Engineer in cybersecurity, Amsterdam or hybrid

Target roles: Software Engineer
Level: Senior
Industries: Developer tools, AI infrastructure
Work mode: Remote
Available: 60 days notice
Work authorization: Authorized to work in Netherlands
What I'm looking for: Scope to lead search and ranking work, with a manager who gives direct feedback.
Not interested in: Pure people management

9 years in search and ranking. Strongest at Lucene and A/B testing. Can start in about six weeks.

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Experience

Senior Engineering Manager
Jan 2025 - Present
Airbus · 1 yr 9 mo · Full-time · Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Cut p99 latency on the search services from 780ms to 51ms.
- Built the experimentation framework 28 product teams use to ship changes safely.
- Shipped 21 launches on the search team without a rollback.
Senior Software Engineer
Mar 2022 - Jan 2025
Spotify · 2 yr 10 mo · Full-time · Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Wrote the Python service that now handles 30 million requests a day.
- Shipped a rewrite that took build times from 42 minutes to under 4.
Software Engineer
Sep 2018 - Mar 2022
Volkswagen Group · 3 yr 6 mo · Full-time · Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Shipped 10 launches on the search team without a rollback.
Software Engineer
Oct 2017 - Sep 2018
Klarna · 11 mo · Full-time · Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Cut p99 latency on the search services from 347ms to 162ms.
- Shipped a rewrite that took build times from 43 minutes to under 6.

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Education

Politecnico di Milano
MSc, Electrical Engineering
2018 - 2020
Humboldt University of Berlin
BA, Electrical Engineering
2014 - 2017

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