Remote Senior Storage & Query Engineer (Elasticsearch)

Praxy; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 133,000 - 211,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

401k matching

Generous vacation

Job summary

Elastic, the Search AI Company, is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for the Elasticsearch - Storage Engine team. You will design, implement, and optimize core storage and query technologies for observability workloads, focusing on performance, indexing, and data layouts for object storage.

This globally distributed, fully remote team collaborates across continents via email, GitHub, Zoom and Slack. The role requires deep Java expertise, experience in high-performance systems, and a track

Qualifications

• Experience building high-performance storage or query engines.
• Proven track record in distributed systems and scalable databases.
• Strong Java skills with focus on concurrency and performance.

Responsibilities

• Lead architectural evolution of core storage engine components and optimize indexing layouts and serialization.
• Drive initiatives for observability solutions across the organization.
• Collaborate with a globally distributed team focusing on logs and metrics in Elasticsearch.
• Introduce clean coding standards and simplify complex system behavior for architectural clarity.
• Act as SME across Elasticsearch areas and mentor engineers.
• Triages, resolves, and reviews issues and PRs with domain experts.

Skills

Java

Distributed systems

Concurrency

AI integration

Mentorship

Tools

Elasticsearch

Solr

PostgreSQL

MongoDB

Prometheus

Job description

Elastic, the Search AI Company, is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for the Elasticsearch - Storage Engine team. You will design, implement, and optimize core storage and query technologies for observability workloads, focusing on performance, indexing, and data layouts for object storage.

This globally distributed, fully remote team collaborates across continents via email, GitHub, Zoom and Slack. The role requires deep Java expertise, experience in high-performance systems, and a track