Senior Elasticsearch/OpenSearch Engineer - Java & Python

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

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.