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Principal Software Engineer - Search Infra - Elasticsearch

50 minutes ago
Switzerland
Full-time
Lead
Technical Lead
Software Development
CI/CD Elasticsearch GitHub Java
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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

  • 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 distributed teams using code reviews and consensus-based decision-making.

Requirements

  • Experience leading technical projects involving search infrastructure and distributed systems.
  • Experience building and operating sophisticated, high-performance search platforms.
  • Experience mentoring senior or expert engineers.
  • 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 modern language features such as lambdas.
  • Understanding of large-scale data systems, distributed storage engines, search internals, and retrieval theory.
  • Ability to work autonomously and guide projects from concept to completion.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills for collaboration across distributed teams.
  • Experience with open-source projects, source-control workflows, and continuous integration is preferred.

Benefits

  • Competitive pay based on role responsibilities rather than previous salary.
  • Health coverage for employees and families in many locations.
  • Flexible work locations and schedules for eligible roles.
  • Generous annual vacation allowance.
  • Up to $2,000 matching for charitable donations and service.
  • Up to 40 paid volunteer hours annually.
  • At least 16 weeks of parental leave.

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