This role pays less than
60%
of similar roles. Most pay
$151,000–$211,200
— the shaded band above.
At the midpoint, this role pays about
$166k
versus about
$181k
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.
Senior Java Developer - Core/Infra - Elasticsearch joins the Elasticsearch team to develop foundational infrastructure and shared functionality that ensures the platform remains performant, maintainable, and secure. This role involves building core components such as services, settings, scripting via Painless, and observability features like logging and telemetry. The developer will design horizontally-scalable APIs, resolve complex concurrency issues, and automate development workflows using agentic apps. Key technical requirements include proficiency in core Java, including the standard library, concurrency constructs, and low-level concepts like classloaders. Candidates should be skilled in algorithms, data structures, and CI/CD systems such as Buildkite and Argo CD. The role focuses on the underlying infrastructure of the Elasticsearch platform, addressing challenges in scalability, performance, and developer productivity within a distributed team environment while utilizing tools like Gradle and OpenTelemetry.