Principal Software Engineer - Search Infra - Elasticsearch

48 minutes ago
Full-time
Lead
Software Development
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

Description

  • Define, lead, and contribute to the evolution of Elasticsearch’s core search and indexing capabilities.
  • Set technical vision and direction for indexing, query execution, retrieval, and relevance infrastructure.
  • Research advances in search infrastructure, data structures, and retrieval algorithms.
  • Shape long-term technical roadmaps with partner and product teams.
  • Lead projects from concept through completion, including technical design and implementation.
  • Serve as a domain expert for key Elasticsearch areas and continuously improve them.
  • Mentor expert engineers through technical and professional guidance.
  • Collaborate across globally distributed engineering teams using code review and consensus-driven development.

Requirements

  • Experience leading technical projects involving search infrastructure and distributed systems.
  • Proven experience building and operating sophisticated, large-scale search platforms and high-performance software systems.
  • Experience defining long-term technical vision for a core search or retrieval system across teams or organizations.
  • Hands-on experience with Elasticsearch, Lucene, Solr, or comparable search and indexing technologies.
  • Strong Core Java skills, including advanced data structures, concurrency constructs, and newer language features such as lambdas.
  • Strong understanding of search systems, retrieval theory, algorithms, and search data structures.
  • Ability to work autonomously and guide complex projects from concept to completion.
  • Experience mentoring senior or expert engineers.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills for distributed-team collaboration.
  • Experience with open-source projects, source-control workflows, and continuous integration preferred.

Benefits

  • Base salary of €67,000–€106,000 EUR with no variable compensation component.
  • Health coverage for employees and families in many locations.
  • Flexible work locations and schedules.
  • Generous annual vacation allowance.
  • Minimum 16 weeks of parental leave.
  • Up to $2,000 matching for financial donations and service.
  • Up to 40 hours annually for volunteer projects.
  • Distributed work environment with an emphasis on work-life balance and inclusion.

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