This role pays less than
69%
of similar roles. Most pay
$156,775–$206,300
— the shaded band above.
At the midpoint, this role pays about
$166k
versus about
$182k
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 - Vector Search - Elasticsearch joins the Search Relevance team to provide technical leadership and direction for search capabilities. This role involves designing and implementing new features, enhancing functionality, and resolving bugs within the Elasticsearch platform. The developer will build new search features, potentially inventing novel algorithms or data structures while improving code maintainability. Key responsibilities include managing community pull requests and triaging issues in a globally distributed environment. The position requires expertise in Java, including standard libraries, concurrency constructs, and lambdas. Candidates should possess experience with vector similarity techniques like HNSW and IVF, as well as familiarity with storage technologies such as Solr, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, or Cassandra. The role focuses on the technical challenge of providing high-speed, relevant search results by integrating advanced vector search capabilities into the core engine.
What does a Software Developer earn?
Median $151475 from 90 postings across 16 companies.