Elastic, the Search AI Company, enables everyone to find the answers they need in real time, using all their data, at scale — unleashing the potential of businesses and people. By taking advantage of all structured and unstructured data — securing and protecting private information more effectively — Elastic’s complete, cloud-based solutions for search, security, and observability help organizations deliver on the promise of AI.What is The RoleWe're looking for a Senior Software Developer to join the Elasticsearch - Search Relevance team. We collaborate across continents every day over email, GitHub, Zoom, and Slack.

At our best, we write fast, scalable and intuitive software.

What You Will Be

DoingLead initiatives within Elasticsearch to produce an industry-leading search engine offering, supplying unparalleled speed and relevance in search.Contribute to Elasticsearch full time, building new search features and fixing intriguing bugs, all while making the code easier to understand. Sometimes you'll need to invent a new algorithm or data structure. Or find one and implement it.

Work with a globally distributed team of experienced engineers focused on the vector search capabilities of Elasticsearch.Be an expert on Elasticsearch search relevance. Write idiomatic modern Java -- Elasticsearch is 99.8% Java!What You Bring Professional experience with search or vector databases, and you used HNSW, IVF, or other relevant algorithms and libraries on search platforms at scale.You have solid skills in core Java and are conversant in the standard library of data structures and concurrency constructs, as well as other features like lambdas.You work with a high level of autonomy and are able to take on projects and guide them from beginning to end. Bonus points if you've collaborated over the internet because that's harder.

Double bonus points for asynchronous collaboration over the internet. That's even harder,



but we do it anyway because it's the best way we know how to build software.You've used several data storage technologies like Elasticsearch, Solr, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, or Cassandra and have some idea how they work and why they work that way.You possess the ability to collaborate across functions and teams and seamlessly transition between different projects, codebases, or teams based on business prioritiesYou work autonomously and can drive decisions and results in a distributed team by leveraging asynchronous, direct, and transparent communication.Bonus PointsYou've built things with Elasticsearch before.You've worked with open source projects and are familiar with different styles of source control workflow and continuous integration.Experience with data storage technology.It doesn’t matter if you’re just out of college or your children are; Competitive pay based on the work you do here and not your previous salaryHealth coverage for you and your family in many locationsAbility to craft your calendar with adaptable locations and schedules for many rolesGenerous number of vacation days each yearIncrease your impact - We match up to $2000 (or local currency equivalent) for financial donations and serviceUp to 40 hours each year to use toward volunteer projects you loveEmbracing parenthood with minimum of 16 weeks of parental leaveDifferent people approach problems differently. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law, ordinance or regulation.Employee Polygraph Protection Act (EPPA)Poster and Know Your Rights (Poster)Elasticsearch develops and distributes technology and information that is subject to U.Belarus, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria, or Russia, including the Ukrainian territories annexed by Russia (The Crimea region of Ukraine, The Donetsk People's Republic (DNR), The Luhansk People's Republic (LNR), Kherson or Zaporizhzhia).

📌 Senior Softwareentwickler/Senior Software Developer (w/m/d) (Madrid)
🏢 Elastic
📍 Madrid