This role pays more than
53%
of similar roles. Most pay
$170,187–$231,000
— the shaded band above.
At the midpoint, this role pays about
$206k
versus about
$201k
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 Engineer - 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 engineer will work on optimizing data layouts for object storage and managing logs and metrics capabilities. Key responsibilities include serving as a subject matter expert, mentoring others, and resolving complex system behaviors to provide architectural clarity. The role requires expertise in modern Java, including concurrency primitives, and experience with technologies like Elasticsearch, Solr, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, or Prometheus. Candidates must be proficient in designing high-performance data structures and algorithms while utilizing AI tools to accelerate development and debug complex systems.
What does a Software Engineer earn in Remote?
Median $204500 from 415 postings across 57 companies.