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 by contributing to Lucene improvements. This technical leader will drive the vision for search capabilities, designing and implementing new features, resolving complex bugs, and developing novel algorithms or data structures. The role involves building vector search capabilities and ensuring high performance in search results. Key requirements include expert knowledge of Elasticsearch search relevance, proficiency in modern Java, and experience with data structures and concurrency constructs. Candidates should have a background in search or vector databases using HNSW or IVF algorithms. Experience with technologies like Solr, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, or Cassandra is relevant. The role focuses on solving technical challenges related to search speed and relevance within the Elasticsearch platform while collaborating with a globally distributed team of engineers.
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