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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 - Vector Search - Elasticsearch joins the Elasticsearch - Search team to enhance vector similarity search functionality within the platform. This role involves designing and implementing new features, improving existing capabilities, resolving bugs, and potentially inventing new algorithms or data structures to provide high-speed, relevant results. The engineer will work with a globally distributed team to contribute to the core codebase while serving as an expert on how Elasticsearch implements vector similarity. Key technical requirements include proficiency in modern Java, experience with concurrency constructs, and familiarity with algorithms like HNSW and IVF. Candidates should have experience with data storage technologies such as Solr, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, or Cassandra. The role focuses on solving complex search problems by integrating advanced vector database capabilities into the core search infrastructure to improve overall information retrieval.
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