Overview As a Principal Software Engineer on the Elasticsearch - Search Infra team, you define and drive the core search infrastructure for Elasticsearch. You will shape the long-term technical direction, contribute to indexing, retrieval, and relevance, and mentor a global group of engineers. You’ll turn research in search internals into scalable, high-performance systems and collaborate with product teams to align roadmap with user needs. This role offers the chance to influence a widely-used platform that powers search at scale and enables real-time AI-driven insights. You will work autonomously across distributed teams to deliver impactful, technically solid foundations. Compensaciones / Beneficios * Competitive salary * Health coverage for family * Adaptable locations and schedules * Generous vacation days * Volunteer time allowance * Parental leave Responsabilidades * Define, lead, and contribute to the evolution of core search and indexing capabilities * Research advances in search infrastructure, data structures,



and retrieval algorithms * Shape the long-term technical vision for search at Elastic and align with partner and product teams * Drive an innovative roadmap for indexing, query execution, and relevance * Serve as an authority in Elasticsearch domains and mentor other engineers * Collaborate across distributed teams to deliver robust, high-performance software Requisitos principales * Experience leading technical projects in search infrastructure and distributed systems * Proven ability to build and operate sophisticated search platforms and robust software * Experience mentoring expert engineers * Ability to define a long-term technical vision for core search or retrieval systems * Hands-on with Elasticsearch, Lucene, or Solr * Strong Java skills, knowledge of data structures and concurrency, familiarity with lambdas * Experience with large-scale data or search systems * Excellent verbal and written communication; comfortable collaborating across distributed teams * Strong communication * Collaboration across distributed teams * Mentoring and guidance * Elasticsearch * Lucene * Solr

📌 Principal Software Engineer - Search Infra - Elasticsearch (Badajoz)
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📍 Badajoz