Kensink Labs
Elasticsearch & SearchTechnologies & Infrastructure8-week engagement
SEARCH · FULL-TEXT + RELEVANCE

Production search. Relevance, facets, speed at scale.

Relevance, facets, typo tolerance, and speed. We build search on Elasticsearch when you need it, and on Postgres full-text when you do not.

ElasticsearchPostgreSQLVector store
Cycle
8 weeks · fixed price
Stack
Elasticsearch
Output
Production code + eval suite
Handoff
Full source ownership
[THE SHORT VERSION]

Treat search as a real product feature.

Good search comes down to relevance, not just matching strings: ranking, synonyms, facets, typo tolerance, and speed at scale. Elasticsearch (or OpenSearch) is the heavy hitter. For many products, Postgres full-text or pgvector is enough and far simpler, so we right-size the engine.

When it fits
  • Large catalogs needing relevance, facets, and speed
  • Search-heavy products where quality drives engagement
  • Hybrid keyword plus semantic search
When it does not
  • Small datasets where Postgres full-text suffices
[HOW WE BUILD IT]

How we build with Elasticsearch & Search.

01

Scope and fit

We decide where Elasticsearch & Search earns its place in your system, and where a simpler tool wins. No resume-driven architecture.

02

Build on a tested foundation

We integrate Elasticsearch & Search against a foundation we trust: typed code, CI, and observability from the first commit. Boring infrastructure, modern surface.

03

Eval before launch

An eval suite proves the build behaves before it reaches a user. We measure, then ship.

04

Handoff with ownership

Your team gets the code, the tests, and a runbook. No lock-in to us or to a vendor framework.

[WHAT YOU GET]

What the engagement leaves behind.

Senior
Engineers who have shipped this before
100%
Source ownership at handoff
Eval-first
Tested before it ships
0
Framework lock-in
APPLIED K-FRAMEWORK

Bring the problem.
We’ll bring the build.

Senior engineers, eval suite at handoff, full source ownership. Sprint, program, or ongoing. We shape the engagement to the work.