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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.
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Principal Software Engineer - Search Algorithms - Elasticsearch joins the Elasticsearch search team to enhance vector similarity search functionality. This role involves designing and implementing new features, improving existing capabilities, and resolving bugs within the Lucene-based search experience. The engineer will lead initiatives to build a premier vector database offering by developing new algorithms or data structures and writing idiomatic Java code. Key responsibilities include collaborating with a globally distributed team, managing community pull requests, and ensuring high performance in search relevance. Required expertise includes professional experience with vector similarity, vector databases, and specific algorithms like HNSW or IVF. The candidate must possess strong skills in core Java, concurrency constructs, and data structures while demonstrating proficiency in tools such as Elasticsearch, Solr, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, or Cassandra to solve complex technical challenges in the search space.
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