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 integral 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
Flexible 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
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