Senior Storage Engine Engineer — Elasticsearch (Remote)

Elasticsearch B.V.; Norway; On-site; NOK 791,300 - 1,251,700; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Fully remote team

Flexible work arrangements

Generous vacation

Donations matching up to $2000

Parental leave

Job summary

Elastic is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join the Elasticsearch - Storage Engine team. This globally distributed, fully remote team develops core storage and query technologies for observability workloads, including improving storage efficiency and performance.

The role requires designing, implementing, and optimizing Elasticsearch's core storage and query engine with a strong focus on Java, concurrency, and scalable data storage systems.

Qualifications

• Proven experience building high-performance storage or distributed systems.
• Strong hands-on Java development and concurrency control.
• Experience with AI-assisted debugging or development is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead architectural evolution of core storage engine components.
• Drive observability initiatives and improve indexing layouts.
• Collaborate with globally distributed team on logs and metrics.
• Introduce best practices for clean coding and architecture clarity.
• Serve as SME and mentor across Elasticsearch teams.
• Review issues and pull requests with domain experts.
• Write idiomatic Java as Elasticsearch is Java.

Skills

Java

Concurrency

Distributed systems

AI acceleration

Code optimization

Indexing

Query execution

Job description

Elastic is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join the Elasticsearch - Storage Engine team. This globally distributed, fully remote team develops core storage and query technologies for observability workloads, including improving storage efficiency and performance.

The role requires designing, implementing, and optimizing Elasticsearch's core storage and query engine with a strong focus on Java, concurrency, and scalable data storage systems.