Elasticsearch - Senior Java Engineer

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

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Senior Java Engineer and contribute to the development of Elasticsearch, a leading distributed search and analytics platform. You will engage in building scalable features, addressing performance issues, and collaborating with a global team. This innovative firm values work-life balance and offers a supportive environment where your contributions will have a meaningful impact. If you're passionate about Java and eager to tackle new challenges, this role is perfect for you.

Benefits

Health Coverage

Flexible Schedules

Generous Vacation

Donation Matching

Volunteer Hours

Parental Leave

Qualifications

• 3+ years of core Java programming with a strong understanding of data structures.
• Experience in troubleshooting complex issues and delivering high-quality solutions.

Responsibilities

• Develop scalable features and fix bugs in Elasticsearch.
• Collaborate with the team and community on open source projects.

Skills

Java

Algorithms

Concurrency

Data Structures

Troubleshooting

Software Engineering

Tools

Elasticsearch

Solr

PostgreSQL

MongoDB

Cassandra

Job description

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Elastic, the Search AI Company, enables everyone to find the answers they need in real time, using all their data, at scale — unleashing the potential of businesses and people. The Elastic Search AI Platform, used by more than 50% of the Fortune 500, combines search precision with AI intelligence to accelerate impactful results. By leveraging structured and unstructured data, and securing private information effectively, Elastic’s cloud solutions for search, security, and observability help organizations realize AI's potential.

What is The Role:

We are looking for talented Senior Software Engineers to join our Elasticsearch team.

Would you like to work on distributed search and analytics software impacting millions? We seek individuals with deep Java, algorithms, and concurrency expertise who enjoy new challenges.

As a Senior Software Engineer in Elasticsearch, you will work on initiatives like Elastic Cloud Serverless, new analytics capabilities in ES|QL, and enhancing logging solutions for better customer experience. Our distributed company hires the best engineers globally, collaborating via email, GitHub, Zoom, and Slack, fostering a culture of high-quality, scalable software development through empowerment, code review, consensus, and continuous improvement.

What You Will Be Doing:

• Contributing full-time to Elasticsearch by developing scalable features, fixing bugs, increasing test coverage, and simplifying code. You may invent or implement algorithms or work close to hardware and OS.
• Addressing performance and concurrency issues with proposed solutions.
• Collaborating openly with the Elasticsearch team, users, and open source projects, triaging issues, handling pull requests, and engaging with the community worldwide.
• Partnering with support engineers on complex problems.
• Writing idiomatic modern Java, as Elasticsearch is 99.8% Java.

What You Bring:

• 3+ years of core Java programming, familiar with data structures and concurrency.
• Experience troubleshooting complex issues.
• Strong software engineering foundations with a proven record of high-quality solutions.
• High autonomy, capable of working independently and seeking help when needed.
• Experience with data storage technologies like Elasticsearch, Solr, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, or Cassandra.

Bonus Points:

• Prior experience building with Elasticsearch.
• Leadership in cross-functional projects.
• Open source contributions and familiarity with source control and CI/CD.
• Experience with database, search engine, OS, or cloud service development.

Additional Information - We Take Care of Our People:

As a distributed, diverse company, Elastic values work-life balance and inclusive culture. Benefits include competitive pay, health coverage, flexible schedules, generous vacation, donation matching, volunteer hours, and parental leave. We are committed to equal opportunity and accessible hiring processes. To request accommodations, contact [e-mail]. For legal notices, see our Privacy Statement.