NOSQL Software Engineer

Programmers.io; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Programmers.io in Sunnyvale, CA is seeking an experienced NOSQL Software Engineer with deep expertise in Elasticsearch/OpenSearch, Java, Python, AWS, and distributed systems to join our team in Sunnyvale, CA.

You will work on production clusters, implement CI/CD and Infrastructure-as-Code, and contribute to observability and performance tuning while collaborating across teams to deliver scalable data services.

Qualifications

• Experience with Elasticsearch and OpenSearch in production environments.
• Strong Java (Java 8+) and Python development skills.
• Deep understanding of distributed systems, sharding, replication, and cluster topology.

Skills

Distributed systems

Troubleshooting & debugging

Git & code-review workflow

AI-assisted development tools

REST API concepts

Tools

Elasticsearch

OpenSearch

Java

Python

AWS

GCP

CI/CD

Terraform

Ansible

CloudFormation

Docker

Kubernetes

Prometheus

Grafana

Query DSL

Index Management

ILM/ISM

Claude

GitHub Copilot

Job description

We are looking for an experienced NOSQL Software Engineer with strong expertise in Elasticsearch/OpenSearch, Java, Python, AWS, and distributed systems to join our team in Sunnyvale, CA.

Must-Have Skills:

• 6+ years of hands-on Elasticsearch and/or OpenSearch administration in production.
• 5–10 years of Advanced Java / Java 8 / Java-J2EE experience.
• Strong Python development and debugging skills.
• Strong understanding of distributed systems, sharding, replication, consistency & cluster topology.
• 2–5 years of AWS experience — EC2, IAM, VPC, S3, CloudWatch.
• Experience managing clusters on a non-AWS cloud provider, such as GCP.
• Hands-on experience with REST APIs, Query DSL, Index Management, ILM/ISM.
• Experience with CI/CD and Infrastructure-as-Code — Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation, etc.
• Knowledge of Docker & Kubernetes.
• Strong troubleshooting, debugging, and performance-tuning capabilities.
• Experience with Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch, or similar observability tools.
• Strong Git and code-review workflow experience.
• Experience using AI-assisted development tools such as Claude, GitHub Copilot, or similar.