Elastic · 1 day ago
Elasticsearch - Principal Software Engineer II - Query Engine, Database Internals
United States
Full-time
Remote
Lead/Staff
$240K/yr - $379K/yrElastic, the Search AI Company, enables everyone to find the answers they need in real time using all their data. They are seeking a Principal Software Engineer to join their Elasticsearch - Analytical Engine team, responsible for building new analytics capabilities and providing technical vision for the ES|QL capabilities.
AnalyticsCloud ComputingOpen SourceSaaSSearch EngineSoftware
Responsibilities
Define, lead, and contribute to the development of data-intensive enhancements
Research the latest features, data-structures, and algorithms in the industry to ensure we’re building the right capabilities for our users
Work directly with our partners and product teams to understand their needs and build out a strategic vision for the longer term
Bring your past experience in analytics systems to help build and drive an innovative roadmap for ES|QL and the compute engine
Improve those areas based on your questions and your instincts
Qualification
Required
Experience leading technical projects in the data and enterprise architecture areas
Proven knowledge in building and running sophisticated technical infrastructures and engineering sound software systems
Experience mentoring expert engineers, providing technical and professional guidance
Experience defining a long term technical vision for an area of a data-intensive application, working across teams and organizations to collaboratively build the technical roadmap
Hands on experience with search and analytics solutions, some examples may include Splunk SPL, Elasticsearch, Datadog, Dynatrace, New Relic
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
Strong desire to optimize and make use of the most efficient data structures and algorithms
Working with a high level of autonomy, able to tackle projects and guide them from beginning to end
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
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
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 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 401k 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
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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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