Senior Software Developer, Storage Engine, Elasticsearch

Elastic

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Quick summary

Work type
Remote
Location
Canada
Salary
$128,300–$203,000 / yr
Posted
53 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live 2 days ago

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Salary context

Below market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $181k
This role $166k
$116k most similar roles pay here $247k

This role pays less than 69% of similar roles. Most pay $156,437–$206,300 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $166k versus about $181k for comparable roles.

Based on 240 similar postings.

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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.

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TL;DR · Senior Software Developer, Storage Engine, Elasticsearch

Senior Software Developer - Storage Engine - Elasticsearch joins the Elasticsearch - Storage Engine team to develop core storage and query technologies for observability workloads. The role involves designing, implementing, and optimizing the core storage and query engine while leading architectural evolutions of components like indexing layouts, serialization formats, and resource utilization. You will work on improving storage efficiency, advancing ES|QL query processing, and optimizing data layouts for object storage to solve problems related to logs and metrics capabilities. The position requires expertise in Java, including concurrency primitives, and experience with technologies such as Elasticsearch, Solr, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, or Prometheus. Candidates must demonstrate skills in building high-performance distributed systems, indexing time-series data, and utilizing AI tools to accelerate development and debug complex systems while ensuring high-quality code standards across the platform.

What does a Software Developer earn?

Median $151475 from 90 postings across 16 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Design and implement core storage engine components for Elasticsearch.
  • Optimize indexing layouts, serialization formats, and resource utilization to resolve performance bottlenecks.
  • Improve ES|QL query processing and data layout optimizations for object storage.
  • Develop high-performance features for observability workloads including logs and metrics.
  • Write idiomatic, modern Java code for the core search engine.
  • Serve as a technical subject matter expert and mentor for the engineering organization.
  • Triage and resolve issues while reviewing pull requests from the global community.
  • Drive architectural clarity by establishing clean coding standards and simplifying complex system behaviors.

What we're looking for

  • You must have strong core Java skills and a deep understanding of its concurrency primitives.
  • You must be able to design and optimize efficient data structures and algorithms.
  • You must have experience implementing techniques to index, store, and query time-series or logs data.
  • You must have experience with at least one data storage technology like Elasticsearch, Solr, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, or Prometheus.
  • You must possess a proven track record of using AI to accelerate development and debug complex systems.
  • You must be able to work autonomously in a distributed team using asynchronous communication.
  • You must have excellent verbal and written communication skills for collaboration in a remote environment.
  • Experience with open source projects, data storage technology, or cross-functional leadership is preferred.

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