Principal Elasticsearch Search Infrastructure Engineer

Elasticsearch B.V.; Ireland; Remote; EUR 103,000 - 163,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Health coverage

Flexible locations & schedules

Generous vacation days

Volunteer time

Parental leave

Job summary

Elasticsearch B.V. is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to join the Elasticsearch - Search Infra team. This globally distributed group defines and builds the next generation of Elasticsearch core search infrastructure, including indexing, retrieval, and relevance.

You will lead technical vision, mentor engineers, and collaborate with product teams to shape long-term roadmaps. Deep expertise in search internals, Java, and distributed systems is essential.

Qualifications

• Experience leading technical projects in search infrastructure and distributed systems.
• Experience mentoring expert engineers and guiding technical teams.
• Proven ability to define a long-term technical vision for a core search system.

Responsibilities

• Define, lead, and contribute to core search and indexing capabilities.
• Research advances in search infrastructure and retrieval algorithms.
• Collaborate with product teams to shape long-term technical vision for search.

Skills

Leadership in projects

Mentoring engineers

Technical vision

Search internals

Java

Distributed systems

Autonomy

Code review

Cross-team collaboration

Tools

Elasticsearch

Lucene

Solr

Job description

Elasticsearch B.V. is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to join the Elasticsearch - Search Infra team. This globally distributed group defines and builds the next generation of Elasticsearch core search infrastructure, including indexing, retrieval, and relevance.

You will lead technical vision, mentor engineers, and collaborate with product teams to shape long-term roadmaps. Deep expertise in search internals, Java, and distributed systems is essential.