Senior Software Engineer, Vector Search, 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 - Vector Search - Elasticsearch joins the Search Relevance team to deliver a robust, feature-rich search experience by contributing to Lucene improvements and developing new features within the Elasticsearch platform. This technical leader will design and implement search capabilities, resolve complex bugs, and potentially invent new algorithms or data structures while ensuring code remains maintainable. The role focuses on vector search capabilities, requiring expertise in vector similarity information retrieval and experience with HNSW or IVF algorithms. Candidates must possess strong skills in modern Java, including the standard library of data structures and concurrency constructs. The work involves collaborating with a globally distributed team to solve problems related to search relevance and performance. Key technologies include Elasticsearch, Solr, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, and Cassandra, while utilizing AI tools to debug systems and optimize code for high-scale production environments.
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