Worked on the conductor-oss/conductor repository to deliver unified search backend dependency management and default backend configuration. Focused on simplifying how Lucene and search backend dependencies are handled, the work enabled dynamic Lucene version selection based on the configured index engine, with Elasticsearch 8.11.1 set as the default. By removing direct Lucene dependencies and introducing a straightforward enable or disable path via backend imports, the changes reduced maintenance complexity and improved deployment flexibility. The implementation involved updating Dockerfile, Gradle, and YAML configurations, as well as documentation, to clarify backend switching between Elasticsearch and OpenSearch for future extensibility.