diff --git a/app/lib/seeder.rb b/app/lib/seeder.rb
index 485ec2865..5262c2133 100644
--- a/app/lib/seeder.rb
+++ b/app/lib/seeder.rb
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ class Seeder
 
     if klass.none?
       message = ["Creating", count, plural].compact.join(" ")
+      if klass.respond_to?(:algolia_search) && Settings::General.algolia_search_enabled?
+        puts "  Algolia search enabled, clearing index for #{klass}..."
+        klass.clear_index!
+      end
       puts "  #{@counter}. #{message}."
       yield
     else
diff --git a/app/models/concerns/algolia_searchable.rb b/app/models/concerns/algolia_searchable.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a53a08836
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/models/concerns/algolia_searchable.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+module AlgoliaSearchable
+  extend ActiveSupport::Concern
+
+  DEFAULT_ALGOLIA_SETTINGS = {
+    per_environment: true,
+    disable_indexing: -> { Settings::General.algolia_search_enabled? == false },
+    enqueue: :trigger_sidekiq_worker
+  }.freeze
+
+  included do
+    include AlgoliaSearch
+    public_send :include, "AlgoliaSearchable::Searchable#{name}".constantize
+  end
+end
diff --git a/app/models/concerns/algolia_searchable/searchable_user.rb b/app/models/concerns/algolia_searchable/searchable_user.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a28ba7c5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/models/concerns/algolia_searchable/searchable_user.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+module AlgoliaSearchable
+  module SearchableUser
+    extend ActiveSupport::Concern
+
+    included do
+      algoliasearch(**DEFAULT_ALGOLIA_SETTINGS, unless: :bad_actor?) do
+        attribute :name, :username
+        attribute :profile_image do
+          profile_image_90
+        end
+      end
+    end
+
+    class_methods do
+      def trigger_sidekiq_worker(record, delete)
+        AlgoliaSearch::SearchIndexWorker.perform_async(record.class.name, record.id, delete)
+      end
+    end
+
+    def bad_actor?
+      score.negative? || banished? || spam_or_suspended?
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/app/models/user.rb b/app/models/user.rb
index c84c5eebe..584edb205 100644
--- a/app/models/user.rb
+++ b/app/models/user.rb
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ class User < ApplicationRecord
   include CloudinaryHelper
 
   include Images::Profile.for(:profile_image_url)
+  include AlgoliaSearchable
 
   # NOTE: we are using an inline module to keep profile related things together.
   concerning :Profiles do
@@ -315,6 +316,7 @@ class User < ApplicationRecord
     calculated_score = (badge_achievements_count * 10) + user_reaction_points
     calculated_score -= 500 if spam?
     update_column(:score, calculated_score)
+    AlgoliaSearch::SearchIndexWorker.perform_async(self.class.name, id, false)
   end
 
   def path
diff --git a/app/workers/algolia_search/search_index_worker.rb b/app/workers/algolia_search/search_index_worker.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..46a91e39f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/workers/algolia_search/search_index_worker.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+module AlgoliaSearch
+  class SearchIndexWorker
+    include Sidekiq::Worker
+    sidekiq_options queue: :medium_priority, retry: 5, tags: ["algolia"]
+
+    def perform(klass, id, remove)
+      return unless Settings::General.algolia_search_enabled?
+
+      record = klass.constantize
+
+      if remove
+        index = AlgoliaSearch.client.init_index(record.index_name)
+        index.delete_object(id)
+      else
+        record.find(id).index!
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/models/user_spec.rb b/spec/models/user_spec.rb
index c9165f3bf..c9c6bc23f 100644
--- a/spec/models/user_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/user_spec.rb
@@ -1022,4 +1022,49 @@ RSpec.describe User do
       end
     end
   end
+
+  context "when indexing with Algolia", :algolia do
+    it "indexes the user on create" do
+      allow(AlgoliaSearch::SearchIndexWorker).to receive(:perform_async)
+      create(:user)
+      expect(AlgoliaSearch::SearchIndexWorker).to have_received(:perform_async).with("User", kind_of(Integer), false)
+    end
+
+    it "updates user index if user's name has changed" do
+      user = create(:user)
+      allow(AlgoliaSearch::SearchIndexWorker).to receive(:perform_async)
+      user.update(name: "New Name")
+      expect(AlgoliaSearch::SearchIndexWorker).to have_received(:perform_async).with("User", user.id, false)
+    end
+
+    describe "#bad_actor?" do
+      it "returns false to a regular user" do
+        user = build(:user)
+        expect(user.bad_actor?).to be(false)
+      end
+
+      it "returns true if the user has negative score" do
+        user = build(:user, score: -500)
+        expect(user.bad_actor?).to be(true)
+      end
+
+      it "returns true if the user has spam role" do
+        user = build(:user)
+        user.add_role(:spam)
+        expect(user.bad_actor?).to be(true)
+      end
+
+      it "return true if user is suspended" do
+        user = build(:user)
+        user.add_role(:suspended)
+        expect(user.bad_actor?).to be(true)
+      end
+
+      it "return true if user is banished" do
+        user = build(:user)
+        allow(user).to receive(:banished?).and_return(true)
+        expect(user.bad_actor?).to be(true)
+      end
+    end
+  end
 end
diff --git a/spec/rails_helper.rb b/spec/rails_helper.rb
index 114feb735..9805ebefd 100644
--- a/spec/rails_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/rails_helper.rb
@@ -128,6 +128,12 @@ RSpec.configure do |config|
     end
   end
 
+  config.before(:each, :algolia) do
+    allow(Settings::General).to receive_messages(
+      algolia_application_id: "on", algolia_search_only_api_key: "on", algolia_api_key: "on",
+    )
+  end
+
   config.before(:suite) do
     # Set the TZ ENV variable with the current random timezone from zonebie
     # which we can then use to properly set the browser time for Capybara specs
diff --git a/spec/support/algolia_mock_requester.rb b/spec/support/algolia_mock_requester.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d19f098f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/support/algolia_mock_requester.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+# from https://github.com/algolia/algoliasearch-client-ruby/blob/master/test/algolia/integration/mocks/mock_requester.rb
+class AlgoliaMockRequester
+  attr_accessor :requests
+
+  def initialize
+    @connection = nil
+    @requests   = []
+  end
+
+  def send_request(host, method, path, body, headers, timeout, connect_timeout)
+    request = {
+      host: host,
+      method: method,
+      path: path,
+      body: body,
+      headers: headers,
+      timeout: timeout,
+      connect_timeout: connect_timeout
+    }
+
+    @requests.push(request)
+
+    Algolia::Http::Response.new(
+      status: 200,
+      body: '{"hits": [], "status": "published"}',
+      headers: {},
+    )
+  end
+
+  def get_connection(host)
+    @connection = host
+  end
+
+  def build_url(host)
+    host.protocol + host.url
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/workers/algolia_search/search_index_worker_spec.rb b/spec/workers/algolia_search/search_index_worker_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e54b06ea7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/workers/algolia_search/search_index_worker_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+require "rails_helper"
+# rubocop:disable RSpec/AnyInstance
+RSpec.describe AlgoliaSearch::SearchIndexWorker, :algolia, type: :worker do
+  let(:user) { create(:user) }
+
+  before do
+    mock_requester = AlgoliaMockRequester.new
+    algolia_config = Algolia::Search::Config.new(AlgoliaSearch.configuration)
+    mock_client = Algolia::Search::Client.new(algolia_config, http_requester: mock_requester)
+    AlgoliaSearch.instance_variable_set(:@client, mock_client)
+  end
+
+  it "remove the record from Algolia if record is deleted" do
+    expect_any_instance_of(Algolia::Search::Index).to receive(:delete_object).with(user.id)
+    described_class.new.perform(user.class.name, user.id, true)
+  end
+
+  it "index the record in Algolia if record is created" do
+    allow(User).to receive(:find).with(user.id).and_return(user)
+    allow(user).to receive(:index!)
+    described_class.new.perform(user.class.name, user.id, false)
+    expect(user).to have_received(:index!)
+  end
+end
+# rubocop:enable RSpec/AnyInstance