Senior Software Engineer, Search Algorithms, Elasticsearch

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Work type: Remote
Location: Remote
Salary: $133,100–$210,600 / yr
Posted: 15 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live yesterday

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This role $172k

$118k most similar roles pay here $247k

This role pays less than 65% of similar roles. Most pay $165,612–$216,000 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $172k versus about $191k for comparable roles.

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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 Engineer, Search Algorithms, Elasticsearch

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Senior Software Engineer - Search Algorithms - Elasticsearch joins the Search Relevance team to deliver a robust search experience and contribute to Lucene improvements. This technical leader will drive the vision for search capabilities by designing and implementing new features, resolving bugs, and developing innovative algorithms or data structures. The role involves building vector search capabilities and managing community pull requests while writing idiomatic Java code. Candidates must possess professional experience with search or vector databases using HNSW or IVF algorithms. Required skills include core Java proficiency, knowledge of concurrency constructs, and familiarity with technologies like Solr, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, or Cassandra. This position focuses on solving complex technical challenges regarding search relevance and performance within the Elasticsearch platform to provide high-speed results for users processing large amounts of structured and unstructured data.

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Skills

Elasticsearch Java Lucene Vector Search HNSW IVF PostgreSQL MongoDB Cassandra Solr GitHub Open Source Data Structures Algorithms

What you'll do

Lead initiatives to develop and improve search features, speed, and relevance within the Elasticsearch platform.
Develop new search features and resolve complex bugs while improving code maintainability.
Design and implement novel algorithms or data structures to enhance search capabilities.
Act as a subject matter expert on search relevance to identify and drive technical improvements.
Write high-quality, idiomatic Java code for the core Elasticsearch product.
Manage community interactions by triaging and resolving issues and pull requests from global users.
Drive technical projects from inception to completion while collaborating with a distributed engineering team.

What we're looking for

Professional experience with search or vector databases using HNSW, IVF, or other relevant algorithms at scale.
Proficiency in core Java, including the standard library of data structures and concurrency constructs.
Ability to write idiomatic modern Java code for large-scale systems.
Experience with various data storage technologies such as Elasticsearch, Solr, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, or Cassandra.
Proven track record of using AI to accelerate development, debug complex systems, and optimize code.
Ability to work autonomously and lead projects from technical design through completion in a distributed team.
Experience working with open source projects and familiar with various source control workflows and CI.
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