Principal Distributed Systems Engineer, Scale & Resilience

PowerToFly; Remote; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading tech firm in the United Kingdom seeks a Principal Software Engineer I to join their Elasticsearch - Distributed Systems team. The candidate will improve Elasticsearch’s performance, maintain cluster coordination for scalability, and resolve complex issues. Ideal applicants will have strong skills in distributed systems, core Java, and the ability to oversee projects from start to finish. This role offers competitive pay and numerous benefits like health coverage, parental leave, and flexible work options.

Benefits

Competitive pay based on performance

Health coverage for you and your family

Flexible locations and schedules

Generous vacation days

Parental leave of at least 16 weeks

Qualifications

• Strong background in distributed systems and consensus algorithms.
• Deep technical proficiency in algorithms.
• Ability to own projects from beginning to end.

Responsibilities

• Improve Elasticsearch’s components for concurrent and consistent indexing.
• Maintain cluster coordination system for high performance.
• Investigate performance and concurrency issues.

Skills

Distributed systems

Core Java

Technical proficiency in algorithms

Understanding complex systems

Project ownership

Tools

JDK

Asynchronous frameworks like Netty

Job description

A leading tech firm in the United Kingdom seeks a Principal Software Engineer I to join their Elasticsearch - Distributed Systems team. The candidate will improve Elasticsearch’s performance, maintain cluster coordination for scalability, and resolve complex issues. Ideal applicants will have strong skills in distributed systems, core Java, and the ability to oversee projects from start to finish. This role offers competitive pay and numerous benefits like health coverage, parental leave, and flexible work options.