Principal Search Infrastructure Engineer

Elastic; Canada; On-site; CAD 154,000 - 244,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock program

RRSP match

Health coverage

Flexible locations

Vacation days

Donation matching

Volunteer hours

Parental leave

Job summary

Elastic, the Search AI Company, is seeking a Principal Software Developer for the Elasticsearch - Search Infra team. You will define, lead, and contribute to core search and indexing capabilities across a globally distributed team.

The role requires deep expertise in search internals, collaboration with product teams, and a track record of delivering high-performance software. You will mentor engineers, shape the technical roadmap, and work with open source projects while contributing to the

Qualifications

• Experience leading technical projects in search infrastructure and distributed systems.

Responsibilities

• Define, lead, and contribute to core search and indexing capabilities.
• Research advances in search infra, data structures, and retrieval algorithms.
• Collaborate with partners and product teams to shape long-term technical vision for Elastic search.
• Drive roadmap for indexing, query execution, and relevance layers.
• Act as a go-to expert for Elasticsearch-related domains and improve them continuously.

Skills

Technical leadership

Mentoring engineers

Technical vision

Search systems

Java

Distributed systems

Open source

Communication

Tools

Elasticsearch

Lucene

Solr

Java

Git & CI

Job description

Elastic, the Search AI Company, is seeking a Principal Software Developer for the Elasticsearch - Search Infra team. You will define, lead, and contribute to core search and indexing capabilities across a globally distributed team.

The role requires deep expertise in search internals, collaboration with product teams, and a track record of delivering high-performance software. You will mentor engineers, shape the technical roadmap, and work with open source projects while contributing to the