Senior Software Engineer – Remote, Storage Engine & Performance

Elastic; United States; Remote; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Elastic is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for the Elasticsearch - Storage Engine team. You will design, implement, and optimize core storage and query engine components for high-performance, scalable databases and search systems.

The role requires deep Java expertise, concurrency mastery, and a track record of optimizing complex architectures in distributed environments. You will collaborate across continents, mentor engineers, and drive cross-functional initiatives to improve storage

Qualifications

• Strong Java skills with deep understanding of concurrency and data structures.
• Experience designing and optimizing storage, indexing, and query execution for large-scale systems.
• Proven ability to drive cross-functional initiatives and mentor engineers.

Responsibilities

• Lead architectural evolution of core storage engine components, optimizing layouts and serialization formats.
• Drive initiatives to build observability solutions and improve performance across the platform.
• Collaborate with a globally distributed team focusing on logs and metrics capabilities of Elasticsearch.

Skills

Java

Concurrency

Distributed systems

Performance optimization

Cross-functional collaboration

Mentorship

Tools

Elasticsearch

Solr

PostgreSQL

MongoDB

Prometheus

Job description

Elastic is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for the Elasticsearch - Storage Engine team. You will design, implement, and optimize core storage and query engine components for high-performance, scalable databases and search systems.

The role requires deep Java expertise, concurrency mastery, and a track record of optimizing complex architectures in distributed environments. You will collaborate across continents, mentor engineers, and drive cross-functional initiatives to improve storage