Senior Elasticsearch Architect - AI-Powered Search Leader

Elastic

Mountain View (CA)

On-site

USD 159,800 - 252,800

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage for you and family

Flexible locations and schedules

Generous vacation days

Parental leave of minimum 16 weeks

Company-matched donations

Job summary

Elastic is seeking a Principal Search Architect to lead technical strategies for enterprise clients. In this pivotal role, you will design and govern innovative Elasticsearch architectures, transforming application search and optimizing performance. The position requires extensive knowledge of distributed systems and proficiency in multiple programming languages.

We offer competitive pay, including stock options and comprehensive health coverage, along with flexible working arrangements and generous vacation days.

Qualifications

8+ years as a Principal Architect, Lead Engineer, or Senior Systems Consultant.
Comprehensive understanding of consensus protocols and cluster state management.
Proven track record of deploying production-grade semantic search solutions.

Responsibilities

Lead the design of enterprise retrieval architectures on Elasticsearch.
Govern cluster design and oversee high-stakes customer engagements.
Optimize distributed search and indexing performance.

Skills

Elasticsearch expertise

Distributed systems theory

Cloud-native infrastructure

Programming (Java, Python, Go)

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's, Master's or PhD in Computer Science, Engineering or related

Job description

We offer competitive pay, including stock options and comprehensive health coverage, along with flexible working arrangements and generous vacation days.

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