Overview In this role you will advance Elasticsearch at scale, focusing on distributed indexing, cluster coordination, and data safety across nodes. You'll work with cross-functional teams to push scalability, performance, and resilience, shaping how data is indexed and accessed in large clusters. You will troubleshoot complex distributed system challenges and guide multi-engineer projects from design to delivery. This position offers the chance to impact a widely adopted, cloud-based search and analytics platform at a leading AI-powered software company.
Health coverage for family
Maintain and optimize the cluster coordination system to preserve performance and liveness as nodes join/leave and data moves
Push the limits on shards, nodes, and petabyte-scale data handling
Investigate performance and concurrency issues and propose solutions
Strong core Java skills and familiarity with data structures, concurrency constructs, and modern language features
Experience owning projects from start to finish including technical design and cross-team collaboration
Experience managing projects with multiple engineers
Ownership mindset and project leadership
Java and concurrency

📌 Principal Java Engineer (San Sebastián)
🏢 Elastic
📍 San Sebastián