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This role pays less than
59%
of similar roles. Most pay
$174,600–$245,200
— the blue band above.
At the midpoint, this role pays about
$206k
versus about
$210k
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
52 open roles
on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs
$133,100–$210,600
across 52 roles with salary data.
The Principal Software Engineer - Storage Engine - Elasticsearch joins the Elasticsearch - Storage Engine team to develop core storage and query technologies for observability workloads. This role involves driving the technical vision, architecture, and design of the core storage and query engine. Key responsibilities include leading the architectural evolution of storage components, resolving performance bottlenecks in indexing layouts and serialization formats, and optimizing data layouts for object storage. The engineer will work with a globally distributed team to improve storage efficiency and advance ES|QL query processing. Required skills include proficiency in modern Java, concurrency primitives, and data structures. Candidates must have experience with data storage technologies like Elasticsearch, Solr, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, or Prometheus, specifically focusing on indexing and querying time-series or logs data.
What does a Software Engineer earn in Remote?
Median $208800 from 354 postings across 50 companies.