Principal Software Engineer - ES|QL Analytics (Remote)

Neura Market; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 160,000 - 253,000; Full time

Job summary

Elastic is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to join the Elasticsearch - Analytical Engine team. This role shapes the next generation of ES|QL capabilities and provides technical vision for interfaces, language syntax, and compute infrastructure.

The role emphasizes autonomous leadership in a distributed team, cross-organization collaboration, and delivering data-intensive analytics features with Java.

Qualifications

• Experience leading technical projects in data and enterprise architecture.
• Mentor expert engineers and provide technical guidance.
• Define a long-term technical vision across teams to build a roadmap.
• Hands-on with search and analytics APIs (Elasticsearch, Splunk SPL, Datadog, Dynatrace, New Relic).
• Strong Java skills and knowledge of data structures and concurrency.
• Autonomous in distributed team environments.
• Experience with data storage technologies like Elasticsearch, Solr, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Cassandra.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Define, lead, and contribute to data-intensive enhancements.
• Research latest features, data structures, and algorithms to meet user needs.
• Collaborate with partners and product teams to shape a strategic vision for ES|QL.
• Contribute to the compute engine and user interfaces with a cross-functional team.
• Work with UX and API teams to deliver scalable search solutions.

Skills

Technical leadership

Mentoring

Technical vision

Search APIs

Java core

Distributed teamwork

Data storage tech

Communication skills

Tools

Elasticsearch

Splunk SPL

Datadog

Dynatrace

New Relic

PostgreSQL

MongoDB

Solr

Job description

Elastic is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to join the Elasticsearch - Analytical Engine team. This role shapes the next generation of ES|QL capabilities and provides technical vision for interfaces, language syntax, and compute infrastructure.

The role emphasizes autonomous leadership in a distributed team, cross-organization collaboration, and delivering data-intensive analytics features with Java.