Senior Software Engineer — Vector Search & Elasticsearch

Elastic; Ottawa; Remote; CAD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage

Flexible location

Generous vacation days

Parental leave

Volunteer time

Donation matching

Job summary

Elastic in Ottawa, Canada, is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for the Elasticsearch - Search Relevance team. You will help shape the technical direction, design and implement new search features, and resolve complex bugs in a globally distributed environment.

You will work primarily in Java, contribute to vector search capabilities with algorithms like HNSW or IVF, and collaborate across continents via async channels.

Qualifications

• Solid Java experience and familiarity with concurrent programming
• Experience improving search relevance and ranking quality
• Hands-on experience with vector search techniques at scale
• Ability to drive initiatives in a distributed, async environment

Responsibilities

• Lead design and implementation of new search features and relevance improvements
• Drive vector search capabilities and optimize performance across data stores
• Identify and fix complex bugs, champion code quality and security
• Collaborate across continents, review code and mentor other engineers

Skills

Java

Distributed systems

Search relevance

Vector search

Algorithms

Code review

Open source

Asynchronous collaboration

Tools

Elasticsearch

HNSW

IVF

Git

Job description

Elastic in Ottawa, Canada, is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for the Elasticsearch - Search Relevance team. You will help shape the technical direction, design and implement new search features, and resolve complex bugs in a globally distributed environment.

You will work primarily in Java, contribute to vector search capabilities with algorithms like HNSW or IVF, and collaborate across continents via async channels.