This role pays less than
70%
of similar roles. Most pay
$160,300–$216,000
— the shaded band above.
At the midpoint, this role pays about
$166k
versus about
$188k
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 Software Developer - Search Algorithms - Elasticsearch joins the Elasticsearch - Search Relevance team as a technical leader focused on delivering a robust, feature-rich search experience. You will contribute to the technical direction of search capabilities, design and implement new features, resolve bugs, and improve Lucene. Day-to-day responsibilities include building new search features, inventing algorithms or data structures, and collaborating with a globally distributed team on vector search capabilities. The role requires expertise in Elasticsearch search relevance and proficiency in writing idiomatic modern Java, including the standard library of data structures and concurrency constructs. Candidates should have experience with search or vector databases using HNSW or IVF algorithms. You will work with technologies like Solr, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, and Cassandra while utilizing AI to debug complex systems and optimize code within a distributed team environment.
What does a Software Developer earn?
Median $151475 from 90 postings across 16 companies.