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 and improve Lucene capabilities. This technical leader will drive the vision for search features, design and implement new functionalities, resolve complex bugs, and potentially invent new algorithms or data structures while ensuring code remains maintainable. The role focuses on vector search capabilities within the Elasticsearch platform. Key responsibilities include collaborating with a globally distributed team, engaging with the community on pull requests, and optimizing search relevance. Candidates must possess expertise in core Java, including concurrency constructs and standard libraries, alongside experience with vector similarity algorithms like HNSW or IVF. Proficiency with data storage technologies such as Solr, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, or Cassandra is required to solve complex information retrieval problems within a high-scale search environment.
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