Elastic · 1 day ago
Elasticsearch - Senior Software Developer - Analytical Engine, Database Internals
United States
Full-time
Remote
Mid, Senior Level
$128K/yr - $203K/yrElastic, the Search AI Company, enables businesses to find answers in real time using their data. They are seeking a Senior Software Developer to join the Elasticsearch - Analytical Engine team, responsible for building new analytics capabilities and improving the ES|QL capabilities.
AnalyticsCloud ComputingOpen SourceSaaSSearch EngineSoftware
Responsibilities
Design and contribute to the development of data-intensive improvements
Research the latest features, data-structures, and algorithms in the industry
Improve areas based on questions and instincts
Collaborate closely with other user experience teams
Write idiomatic modern Java
Qualification
Required
Strong skills in core Java and are conversant in the standard library of data structures and concurrency constructs, as well as newer features like lambdas. You have a strong desire to optimize and make use of the most efficient data structures and algorithms
Experience with software systems engineering
Working with a high level of autonomy, able to tackle projects and guide them from beginning to end. This covers both technical design and working with other engineers to develop needed components
Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Collaborating on the internet is hard. We try to be supportive, appreciative, and trusting in all of our interactions. And we expect that from everyone too
Preferred
You've built things with Elasticsearch before, and you have experience in the search and information retrieval space and understand the constructs and theory behind it
Experience with data storage technologies like Elasticsearch, Solr, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, or Cassandra and an understanding of how they work and why they work that way
Experience working with open source projects and familiar with different styles of source control workflow and continuous integration
Benefits
Health coverage for you and your family in many locations
Ability to craft your calendar with flexible locations and schedules for many roles
Generous number of vacation days each year
We match up to $2000 (or local currency equivalent) for financial donations and service
Up to 40 hours each year to use toward volunteer projects you love
Embracing parenthood with a minimum of 16 weeks of parental leave
Company-matched Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) with dollar-for-dollar matching up to 6% of eligible earnings
Company
Elastic
Elastic builds software to make data usable in real time and at scale for search, logging, security, and analytics use cases.
Founded in 2012
1001-5000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$162MKey Investors
New Enterprise AssociatesIndex VenturesBenchmark
2018-10-04IPO
2018-05-03Secondary Market
2016-07-01Series D· $58M
Leadership Team
Ashutosh Kulkarni
CEO
Shay Banon
Chief Technology Officer
Recent News
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