Senior Software Engineer, Search Algorithms, Elasticsearch
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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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Senior Software Engineer - Search Algorithms - Elasticsearch joins the Search Relevance team to deliver a robust, feature-rich search experience and improve Lucene capabilities. This technical leader will drive the vision for search features, design and implement new functionality, resolve complex bugs, and potentially invent new algorithms or data structures. The role involves building vector search capabilities and managing community pull requests within a globally distributed environment. Key requirements include professional experience with search or vector databases using HNSW and IVF algorithms, along with expertise in core Java, concurrency constructs, and standard libraries. Candidates should be proficient in technologies like Elasticsearch, Solr, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, or Cassandra. The position focuses on solving technical challenges related to search relevance and speed while utilizing AI tools to optimize code and debug complex systems within the search engine domain.
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