Lead Architect, Core Storage & Query Engine

Elasticsearch B.V.; United States; On-site; USD 159,800 - 303,500; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage for you and family

Flexible locations and schedules

Generous vacation days

Donation matching up to $2000

Volunteer hours (up to 40/year)

Parental leave (16 weeks minimum)

Job summary

Elastic is hiring a Principal Software Engineer to join the Elasticsearch - Storage Engine team. This globally distributed, fully remote role leads the architectural evolution of core storage and query components, focusing on performance, scalability, and data layouts for logs and metrics workloads.

You will mentor engineers, drive cross-team initiatives, and write idiomatic Java. Candidates should have a proven record designing high-performance storage or database systems and experience with

Qualifications

• Proven track record designing high-performance storage or database systems.
• Experience shaping architectural direction for storage and query engines.
• Strong collaboration across distributed teams to deliver complex systems.
• Familiarity with open-source software and cloud-native architectures.

Responsibilities

• Lead the architectural evolution of core storage engine components and resolve performance bottlenecks.
• Drive cross-organizational initiatives for observability solutions.
• Collaborate with a globally distributed team focused on logs and metrics in Elasticsearch.
• Mentor engineers and act as SME across Elasticsearch areas.
• Write idiomatic modern Java and optimize data structures and algorithms.

Skills

Java

Distributed systems

Architecture design

AI acceleration

Performance optimization

Tools

GitHub

Slack

Zoom

Job description

Elastic is hiring a Principal Software Engineer to join the Elasticsearch - Storage Engine team. This globally distributed, fully remote role leads the architectural evolution of core storage and query components, focusing on performance, scalability, and data layouts for logs and metrics workloads.

You will mentor engineers, drive cross-team initiatives, and write idiomatic Java. Candidates should have a proven record designing high-performance storage or database systems and experience with