Principal Software Engineer - Search Infra - Elasticsearch

📋 Description

• Define, lead, and contribute to core search and indexing capabilities.
• Research advances in search infrastructure, data structures, and retrieval algorithms.
• Shape the long-term technical vision for Elasticsearch search at Elastic.
• Drive roadmap for Elasticsearch indexing, query execution, and relevance layers.
• Be the go-to expert for Elasticsearch domains; collaborate across teams.

🎯 Requirements

• Lead technical projects in search infrastructure and distributed systems.
• Mentor engineers; provide technical and professional guidance.
• Define long-term vision for a core search/retrieval system.
• Hands-on with Elasticsearch, Lucene, or Solr.
• Strong Java; data structures, concurrency; lambdas.
• Work autonomously from concept to completion; cross-team collaboration.

🎁 Benefits

• Health coverage for you and your family in many locations.
• Flexible locations and schedules for many roles.
• Generous vacation days each year.
• Donation matching up to CAD 2000 (local currency equivalent).
• Up to 40 hours per year to volunteer projects you love.
• Parental leave with minimum 16 weeks.