Senior Search Platform Engineer (Elasticsearch/OpenSearch)

TechDigital Group; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

TechDigital Group in Sunnyvale, CA seeks a Senior Search Platform Engineer to architect, deploy, and optimize large-scale distributed search environments using Elasticsearch/OpenSearch on AWS and GCP. Strong Java and Python debugging skills are essential.

You will work across Terraform, CI/CD, Docker, Kubernetes, and modern monitoring stacks (Grafana, Prometheus, Datadog) to ensure high availability, performance, and reliability.

Qualifications

• Experience administering Elasticsearch/OpenSearch at scale.
• Strong debugging skills in Java and Python.
• Hands-on AWS and GCP cloud experience.
• Familiarity with Terraform and container tech (Docker/Kubernetes).
• Proficient monitoring with Grafana/Prometheus/Datadog.

Skills

Elasticsearch/OpenSearch admin

Java & Python debugging

AWS & GCP cloud infra

Terraform, CI/CD, Docker, Kubernetes

Grafana, Prometheus, Datadog

Tools

Terraform

CI/CD

Docker

Kubernetes

Grafana

Prometheus

Datadog

Job description

Overview

Seeking a Senior Search Platform Engineer with expertise in Elasticsearch/OpenSearch to architect, administer, and optimize large-scale distributed search environments across AWS and GCP. Ideal candidates will have strong Java/Python debugging skills and deep experience with distributed systems.

Required Skills

• Elasticsearch/OpenSearch administration and optimization
• Java and Python application debugging
• AWS & GCP cloud infrastructure
• Terraform, CI/CD, Docker, Kubernetes
• Monitoring tools such as Grafana, Prometheus, Datadog

Top 3 Skills

• Elasticsearch & OpenSearch Production Administration
• Backend Engineering & Debugging (Java & Python)
• Multi-Cloud Infrastructure & Distributed Systems