Description
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.
We're looking for a Principal Software Engineer to join the Elasticsearch - Search Infra team. This globally-distributed team of experienced engineers focuses on delivering a robust and feature-rich search experience, including contributing to improving the search experience in Lucene.
As a Principal Software Engineer, you will define, lead, and contribute to the evolution of core search and indexing capabilities. You'll research advances in search infrastructure, data structures, and retrieval algorithms to ensure we're building the most efficient and powerful foundations for our users.
Responsibilities:
- Define, lead, and contribute to the evolution of core search and indexing capabilities
- Research advances in search infrastructure, data structures, and retrieval algorithms
- Work closely with partners and product teams to understand their needs and help shape the long-term technical vision for search at Elastic
- Bring past experience with large-scale search systems to drive an innovative roadmap for Elasticsearch's indexing, query execution, and relevance layers
Requirements:
- Experience leading technical projects in the search infrastructure and distributed systems space
- Experience mentoring expert engineers, providing both technical and professional guidance
- Experience defining a long-term technical vision for a core search or retrieval system
- Hands-on experience with search and indexing technologies such as Elasticsearch, Lucene, or Solr
- Strong skills in core Java and familiarity with advanced data structures and concurrency constructs
Bonus Points:
- You've built things with Elasticsearch before, and you have experience in the search and information retrieval space
- Experience working with open source projects and familiar with different styles of source control workflow and continuous integration
Compensation for this role is in the form of base salary. The typical starting salary range for this role is: 369 400 zł-584 300 zł PLN