Principal Software Engineer, OpenSearch Platform

What you'll do

• Design and implement secure, scalable features for the managed OpenSearch service.
• Lead the evolution of middleware patterns and runtimes to ensure multi-tenant scalability.
• Define and enforce versioning, deprecation, and rollout strategies to minimize downstream impacts.
• Establish shared observability baselines, including SLOs and error budgets, across multiple services.
• Automate operational procedures and strengthen SRE practices for production environments.
• Conduct performance profiling and optimization to ensure high availability and throughput.
• Mentor junior engineers through code reviews and technical guidance on system architecture.
• Resolve complex distributed-network issues and troubleshoot API functionality problems.

What we're looking for

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in a technical discipline, or equivalent industry experience.
• 10+ years of experience in software engineering or infrastructure roles.
• Experience designing, deploying, and operating scalable OpenSearch, Elasticsearch, or similar managed-service clusters.
• Deep knowledge of distributed systems, availability, throughput, and production operations.
• Proficiency in Java and Python with experience in robust unit, integration, and CI practices.
• Hands-on experience with automation, monitoring, alerting, incident response, and performance tuning.
• Exposure to vector databases (preferred).