Principal Software Engineer - Search Scaling - Elasticsearch
Spain
About the role
Principal Software Engineer - Search Scaling - Elasticsearch Elastic, the Search AI Company, enables everyone to find the answers they need in real time, using all their data, at scale \u2014 unleashing the potential of businesses and people. The Elastic Search AI Platform, used by more than 50% of the Fortune 500, brings together the precision of search and the intelligence of AI to enable everyone to accelerate the results that matter. By taking advantage of all structured and unstructured data \u2014 securing and protecting private information more effectively \u2014 Elastic\u2019s complete, cloud-based solutions for search, security, and observability help organizations deliver on the promise of AI. What is
The Role: We're looking for a Principal Software Engineer to join the Elasticsearch - Search Scaling team. This globally-distributed team of experienced engineers focuses on delivering a robust and feature-rich search experience, including contributing to improving the search experience in Lucene. This is a principal software engineering role that entails using your vast knowledge in this space in order to define, direct, and build the next generation of Elasticsearch capabilities. This role provides technical vision and direction for Elasticsearch\u2019s core search infrastructure, including indexing, retrieval, and relevance, and requires deep expertise in search internals and cross-team collaboration. Our company is distributed by intention. We hire the best engineers we can find wherever they are, whoever they are. We collaborate across continents every day over email, GitHub, Zoom, and Slack. At our best, we write fast, scalable and intuitive software. We believe that the best way to do that is to empower individual engineers, code review every change, decide big things by consensus, and strive for incremental improvements. What You Will Be Doing: As a full-time Elasticsearch contributor, you will define, lead, and contribute to the evolution of core search and indexing capabilities. You\u2019ll research advances in search infrastructure, data structures, and retrieval algorithms to ensure we\u2019re building the most efficient and powerful foundations for our users. You\u2019ll 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\u2019ll bring your past experience with large-scale search systems to drive an innovative roadmap for Elasticsearch\u2019s indexing, query execution, and relevance layers. As an authority in several areas of Elasticsearch, you\u2019ll be the go-to expert for those domains, continuously improving them through your insights and instincts. What You Bring: Experience leading technical projects in the search infrastructure and distributed systems space. You bring proven knowledge in building and operating sophisticated search platforms and engineering robust, high-performance software systems. 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. Strong skills in core Java and familiarity with advanced data structures and concurrency constructs, as well as newer language features like lambdas. You have a strong desire to optimize and leverage the most efficient algorithms and search data structures. Able to work with a high level of autonomy, tackling projects and guiding them from concept to completion, including both technical design and collaboration with other engineers to develop the necessary components. Experience with large-scale data or search systems such as Elasticsearch, Lucene, Solr, or distributed storage engines, and an understanding of how they work and why they work that way. Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Collaborating across distributed teams is challenging, we value being supportive, empathetic, and trusting in all interactions, and we expect the same from everyone on
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Bonus Points: You've built things with Elasticsearch before, and you have experience in the search and information retrieval space and understand the constructs and theory behind it. Experience working with open source projects and familiar with different styles of source control workflow and continuous integration. Additional Information - We Take Care of Our People: As a distributed company, diversity drives our identity. Whether you\u2019re looking to launch a new career or grow an existing one, Elastic is the type of company where you can balance great work with great life. Your age is only a number. It doesn\u2019t matter if you\u2019re just out of college or your children are; we need you for what you can do. We strive to have parity of
benefits across regions, and while regulations differ from place to place, we believe taking care of our people is the right thing to do. Competitive pay based on the work you do here and not your previous salary Health coverage for you and your family in many locations Ability to craft your calendar with flexible locations and schedules for many roles Generous number of vacation days each year Increase your impact - We match up to $2000 (or local currency equivalent) for financial donations and service Up to 40 hours each year to use toward volunteer projects you love Embracing parenthood with a minimum of 16 weeks of parental leave Security & Privacy
Responsibilities: Take ownership of protecting the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of organizational data and systems by following applicable privacy and security policies, standards, and procedures. Ensure that all individual contributions follow Elastic\u2019s Secure Software Development Framework (SSDF). Proactively participate in mandatory role-based training to ensure personal technical execution consistently aligns with the highest standards of data protection, data privacy, and system resilience. Different people approach problems differently. We need that. Elastic is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to creating an inclusive culture that celebrates different perspectives, experiences, and backgrounds. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law, ordinance or regulation. We welcome individuals with disabilities and strive to create an accessible and inclusive experience for all individuals. To request an accommodation during the application or the recruiting process, please email [email protected] . We will reply to your request within 24 business hours of submission. Applicants have rights under Federal Employment Laws and can view the following posters linked below: Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) Poster Employee Polygraph Protection Act (EPPA) Poster Elasticsearch develops and distributes technology and information that is subject to U.S. and other countries\u2019 export controls and licensing
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compensation component. At Elastic, our
compensation philosophy aims to provide fair, competitive and transparent remuneration. Salary ranges are established based on a combination of external market benchmarks, internal pay equity considerations, and the
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the role
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Bonus Points: You've built things with Elasticsearch before, and you have experience in the search and information retrieval space and understand the constructs and theory behind it. Experience working with open source projects and familiar with different styles of source control workflow and continuous integration. Additional Information - We Take Care of Our People: As a distributed company, diversity drives our identity. Whether you\u2019re looking to launch a new career or grow an existing one, Elastic is the type of company where you can balance great work with great life. Your age is only a number. It doesn\u2019t matter if you\u2019re just out of college or your children are; we need you for what you can do. We strive to have parity of
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Compensation for this role is in the form of base salary. This role does not have a variable
compensation component. At Elastic, our
compensation philosophy aims to provide fair, competitive and transparent remuneration. Salary ranges are established based on a combination of external market benchmarks, internal pay equity considerations, and the
responsibilities and complexity associated with each role. This approach helps ensure consistency across comparable roles while remaining competitive within the relevant labour markets. The final
compensation offered within the applicable range will be determined based on several objective factors, including relevant professional experience, level of skills and expertise, alignment with
the role
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