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Principal Software Engineer I - Distributed Systems - Elasticsearch

3 months, 1 week ago
Spain
Full-time
Lead
Software Engineer
Software Development
Elasticsearch Java Lucene
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Elastic

Elastic

Elastic is a leading platform for search-powered solutions, providing real-time insights and making data usable for developers and enterprises worldwide.

Internet Software & Services
1K-5K
Founded 2010
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Description

  • Improve Elasticsearch components that support concurrent and consistent indexing across multiple machines.
  • Maintain the cluster coordination system to preserve performance, safety, and liveness as nodes join, leave, and data moves across the cluster.
  • Push the limits of how many shards, nodes, and petabytes Elasticsearch can handle.
  • Investigate performance, concurrency, and other complex system issues and propose solutions.
  • Support support engineers in resolving difficult technical problems.
  • Own projects end to end, including technical design and cross-functional development of required components.
  • Work with multiple engineers to manage and deliver larger projects.

Requirements

  • Strong background in distributed systems and consensus algorithms.
  • Strong skills in core Java, including the standard library, data structures, concurrency constructs, and newer language features.
  • Deep technical proficiency in algorithms.
  • Demonstrated ability to understand and work on complex, highly distributed systems.
  • Ability to build and debug features with broad impact across multiple machines.
  • Ability to own projects from beginning to end, including technical design.
  • Experience managing projects involving multiple engineers.
  • Bonus: experience with data stores.
  • Bonus: experience with search, analytics, or Lucene.
  • Bonus: strong knowledge of the JDK.
  • Bonus: experience with asynchronous event-driven network frameworks such as Netty.

Benefits

  • Base salary compensation with no variable compensation component.
  • Typical starting salary range of €80,400 to €127,200 EUR.
  • Competitive pay based on the work you do, not previous salary.
  • Health coverage for you and your family in many locations.
  • Flexible locations and schedules for many roles.
  • Generous number of vacation days each year.
  • Up to 40 hours each year for volunteer projects.
  • Minimum of 16 weeks of parental leave.

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