Senior Software Engineer, Search Relevance & Vector AI

Elasticsearch B.V.; Poland; On-site; PLN 308,000 - 487,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Health coverage

Flexible locations & schedules

Generous vacation days

Donation matching up to $2000

Volunteer hours (40 per year)

Parental leave (16 weeks)

Job summary

Elastic is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for the Elasticsearch - Search Relevance team. The role focuses on delivering fast, relevant search with emphasis on vector search and Lucene improvements, across globally distributed teams.

You will design, implement, and refine features while solving complex bugs and performance issues. You will work with autonomous teams, using Java, and collaborating across continents via async communication.

Qualifications

• Experience with vector similarity on large-scale search platforms.
• Proven work with search or vector databases and relevant algorithms.
• Strong Java skills and concurrency knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Lead initiatives to deliver industry-leading search speed and relevance.
• Contribute to Elasticsearch features, fix bugs, and improve code clarity.
• Collaborate with a globally distributed team on vector search capabilities.
• Drive improvements in search relevance based on data and instincts.
• Engage with community issues and pull requests, contributing as needed.
• Write modern Java code in a distributed team environment.

Skills

Vector similarity

HNSW / IVF

Java

Autonomy

Asynchronous collaboration

Elasticsearch

PostgreSQL

MongoDB

AI acceleration

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

Java Standard Library

Job description

Elastic is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for the Elasticsearch - Search Relevance team. The role focuses on delivering fast, relevant search with emphasis on vector search and Lucene improvements, across globally distributed teams.

You will design, implement, and refine features while solving complex bugs and performance issues. You will work with autonomous teams, using Java, and collaborating across continents via async communication.