Senior Search Algorithms Engineer (Elasticsearch)

Elastic; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 133,000 - 211,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage for you and family

Flexible locations and work schedules

Generous vacation days

Volunteer time and charitable donating

Job summary

Elastic is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for the Elasticsearch - Search Relevance team to drive technical direction and implement advanced search features. You will contribute to robust search experiences, including improvements to Lucene-based components, while collaborating with a globally distributed engineering organization.

The role emphasizes autonomy, code quality, and the ability to work across teams, with a strong focus on vector search and relevance.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience with search or vector databases.
• Strong proficiency in Java and standard data structures.
• Ability to guide design and implementation of new search features.

Responsibilities

• Lead initiatives to deliver industry-leading search engine features.
• Build new search capabilities and fix complex bugs in Elasticsearch.
• Collaborate with a distributed team and review code across time zones.
• Drive improvements in search relevance and performance.

Skills

Search engines

Java

Distributed systems

Asynchronous collaboration

Open source

SQL/NoSQL

Tools

Elasticsearch

Solr

PostgreSQL

MongoDB

Cassandra

Job description

Elastic is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for the Elasticsearch - Search Relevance team to drive technical direction and implement advanced search features. You will contribute to robust search experiences, including improvements to Lucene-based components, while collaborating with a globally distributed engineering organization.

The role emphasizes autonomy, code quality, and the ability to work across teams, with a strong focus on vector search and relevance.