Elasticsearch - Senior Java Engineer

Elastic; Michigan; Remote; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Java Engineer to join their Elasticsearch team. This role offers the chance to work on distributed search and analytics software that impacts millions globally. You'll contribute to building scalable features, addressing performance issues, and collaborating with a diverse team. The company values work-life balance and supports an inclusive culture, offering competitive pay and generous benefits. If you have a passion for high-quality software development and enjoy working independently in a distributed setting, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Benefits

Health Coverage

Flexible Schedules

Generous Vacation

Parental Leave

Volunteer Hours

Matching Donations

Qualifications

• 3+ years of core Java programming experience with strong software engineering foundations.
• Experience with data storage technologies and troubleshooting complex issues.

Responsibilities

• Build scalable features and improve code clarity in Elasticsearch.
• Collaborate with the team and handle issues in a distributed environment.

Skills

Java

Algorithms

Concurrency

Data Structures

Troubleshooting

Education

Bachelor's in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Elasticsearch

Solr

PostgreSQL

MongoDB

Cassandra

Job description

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Elastic, the Search AI Company, enables everyone to find answers in real time using all their data at scale, unlocking business and personal potential. Our Elastic Search AI Platform, used by over 50% of the Fortune 500, combines search precision with AI intelligence to accelerate impactful results. We leverage structured and unstructured data, enhance security, and offer cloud-based solutions for search, security, and observability to help organizations realize AI's promise.

What is The Role:

We seek talented Senior Software Engineers for our Elasticsearch team. If you want to work on distributed search and analytics software impacting millions, with expertise in Java, algorithms, and concurrency, this is your opportunity. You will work on initiatives like Elastic Cloud Serverless, new analytics capabilities in ES|QL, and improving logging solutions for better customer experiences.

Our company is intentionally distributed. We hire the best engineers worldwide, collaborating via email, GitHub, Zoom, and Slack. We aim to write fast, scalable, intuitive, high-quality software, empowering engineers, conducting code reviews, making decisions by consensus, and striving for continuous improvement.

What You Will Be Doing:

1. Contributing to Elasticsearch by building scalable features, fixing bugs, increasing test coverage, and improving code clarity. This may involve inventing new algorithms or working close to hardware.
2. Addressing performance and concurrency issues with proposed solutions.
3. Collaborating openly with the Elasticsearch team, users, and open source projects, handling issues and pull requests globally.
4. Partnering with support engineers on complex problems.
5. Writing idiomatic modern Java, as Elasticsearch is 99.8% Java.

What You Will Bring:

• At least 3 years of core Java programming experience, familiar with data structures and concurrency.
• Experience troubleshooting complex issues.
• Strong software engineering foundations with a record of delivering high-quality solutions.
• High autonomy and ability to work independently in a distributed environment.
• Experience with data storage technologies like Elasticsearch, Solr, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, or Cassandra.

Bonus Points:

• Experience building with Elasticsearch.
• Leadership in cross-functional initiatives.
• Open source project experience and familiarity with source control and CI.
• Experience with database, search engine, OS, or cloud service development.

Additional Information - We Take Care Of Our People:

As a distributed company, diversity is core to our identity. We support work-life balance, offer competitive pay, health coverage, flexible schedules, generous vacation, matching donations, volunteer hours, and parental leave. We are committed to an inclusive culture and provide accommodations upon request. Elastic is an equal opportunity employer, welcoming applicants regardless of race, ethnicity, religion, gender, age, disability, or background. For accessibility requests, email [e-mail].