Principal Search Engineer — Elasticsearch & Relevance

PowerToFly; Canada; Remote; CAD 154,000 - 243,600; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage for you and your family

Generous vacation days

Flexible work arrangements

Company-matched retirement savings plan

Job summary

A leading technology firm in Canada is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to enhance Elasticsearch's capabilities. The role involves leading initiatives in search functionality, contributing to feature development, and working within a collaborative global team of engineers. Candidates should have significant experience in core Java and search databases while possessing excellent communication skills. This position offers a competitive salary and extensive benefits, including flexible work arrangements.

Qualifications

• Professional experience with search and vector databases.
• Strong skills in core Java and the standard library.
• Ability to guide projects from beginning to end.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead initiatives within Elasticsearch to enhance search speed and relevance.
• Contribute new features and fix bugs in Elasticsearch.
• Work with a globally distributed team of engineers.
• Drive improvements in search relevance based on instincts.

Skills

Core Java

Search and vector databases

Data structures and concurrency

Excellent communication skills

Tools

Elasticsearch

PostgreSQL

Cassandra

Job description

A leading technology firm in Canada is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to enhance Elasticsearch's capabilities. The role involves leading initiatives in search functionality, contributing to feature development, and working within a collaborative global team of engineers. Candidates should have significant experience in core Java and search databases while possessing excellent communication skills. This position offers a competitive salary and extensive benefits, including flexible work arrangements.