Principal Software Engineer - Search Infra - Elasticsearch

As a full-time Elasticsearch contributor, you will define, lead, and contribute to the evolution of core search and indexing capabilities.

You’ll research advances in search infrastructure, data structures, and retrieval algorithms to ensure we’re building the most efficient and powerful foundations for our users.

You’ll work closely with our partners and product teams to understand their needs and help shape the long-term technical vision for search at Elastic.

You’ll bring your past experience with large-scale search systems to drive an innovative roadmap for Elasticsearch’s indexing, query execution, and relevance layers.

Experience leading technical projects in the search infrastructure and distributed systems space. You bring proven knowledge in building and operating sophisticated search platforms and…

Experience mentoring expert engineers, providing both technical and professional guidance.

Experience defining a long-term technical vision for a core search or retrieval system, working across teams and organizations to collaboratively shape the technical roadmap.

Hands-on experience with search and indexing technologies such as Elasticsearch, Lucene, or Solr.