Senior Vector Search Engineer — Real-Time Relevance and Scale

Visa Hunt; España; On-site; PHP 4,862,000 - 7,692,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage

Flexible work locations

Generous vacation Days

Donation matching

Volunteer hours

Parental leave

Job summary

Elastic is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join the Elasticsearch - Search Relevance team. You will contribute to the technical direction, design and implement new search features and fix bugs to deliver fast, relevant search experiences.

The role involves a globally distributed team and a strong emphasis on asynchronous collaboration and high-quality code. You will work on vector search capabilities, contribute to core Java, and engage with open source communities.

Qualifications

• Experience with search or vector databases at scale.
• Proficiency in Java and standard data structures.
• Autonomous with strong collaboration across teams.
• Familiarity with open source workflows and CI.

Responsibilities

• Lead initiatives to deliver industry-leading search with speed and relevance.
• Build new features, fix bugs, and improve code clarity.
• Collaborate with a globally distributed team on vector search.
• Drive improvements to Elasticsearch search relevance.
• Triage issues and participate in community interactions.
• Write idiomatic modern Java; Java is the primary language.

Skills

Java

Vector similarity

Search platforms

Distributed work

Asynchronous collaboration

Data storage technologies

Tools

Elasticsearch

Solr

PostgreSQL

MongoDB

Cassandra

Job description

Elastic is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join the Elasticsearch - Search Relevance team. You will contribute to the technical direction, design and implement new search features and fix bugs to deliver fast, relevant search experiences.

The role involves a globally distributed team and a strong emphasis on asynchronous collaboration and high-quality code. You will work on vector search capabilities, contribute to core Java, and engage with open source communities.