This role pays less than
53%
of similar roles. Most pay
$174,600–$254,750
— the shaded band above.
At the midpoint, this role pays about
$199k
versus about
$215k
for comparable roles.
Based on 240 similar postings.
Employer
About Elastic
Elastic is the company behind Elasticsearch and the Elastic Stack (Elasticsearch, Kibana, Beats, and Logstash). It sells search, observability, and security products built on that search engine, primarily through its Elastic Cloud managed service.
Elastic currently has
240 open roles
on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs
$133,100–$210,600
across 91 roles with salary data.
Principal Software Developer - Storage Engine - Elasticsearch joins the Elasticsearch - Storage Engine team to drive the technical vision and architecture of core storage and query engine components. This role involves leading the architectural evolution of indexing layouts, serialization formats, and resource utilization while improving ES|QL query processing and performance for observability workloads. The candidate will work with a globally distributed team to optimize data layouts for object storage and resolve performance bottlenecks. Key responsibilities include serving as a subject matter expert, mentoring others, and triaging issues within the global community. Required skills include advanced Java proficiency, deep knowledge of concurrency primitives, and experience with data storage technologies like Elasticsearch, Solr, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, or Prometheus. The role focuses on solving complex problems related to indexing, storing, and querying time-series and logs data.
What does a Software Developer earn?
Median $151475 from 90 postings across 16 companies.