Elastic · 2 hours ago
Elasticsearch - Senior Software Engineer - Search Relevance
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior LevelElastic is the Search AI Company that enables businesses to find answers in real time using their data. They are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to enhance the search functionality within Elasticsearch, focusing on design, implementation of new features, and bug resolution.
AnalyticsCloud ComputingOpen SourceSaaSSearch EngineSoftware
Responsibilities
Contribute to Elasticsearch full time, building new search features and fixing intriguing bugs, all while making the code easier to understand
Sometimes you'll need to invent a new algorithm or data structure. Or find one and implement it
Sometimes you'll need to get close to the operating system and hardware
Work with a globally distributed team of experienced engineers focused on the search capabilities of Elasticsearch
Be an expert on Elasticsearch search relevance. You'll identify and drive improvements in this area based on your questions and your instincts
Work with community members from all over the world on issues and pull requests, sometimes triaging them and handing them off to other experts and sometimes handling them yourself
Write idiomatic modern Java -- Elasticsearch is 99.8% Java!
Qualification
Required
Professional experience with search and vector databases, and you used HNSW, IVF, or other relevant algorithms and libraries on search platforms at scale
Strong skills in core Java and are conversant in the standard library of data structures and concurrency constructs, as well as other features like lambdas
Work with a high level of autonomy, and are able to take on projects and guide them from beginning to end. This covers both technical design and working with other engineers to develop needed components
Comfortable developing collaboratively. Giving and receiving feedback on code and approaches and APIs is hard! Bonus points if you've collaborated over the internet because that's harder. Double bonus points for asynchronous collaboration over the internet
Used several data storage technologies like Elasticsearch, Solr, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, or Cassandra and have some idea how they work and why they work that way
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Preferred
You've built things with Elasticsearch before
You've worked on data storage technology
You've worked with open source projects and are familiar with different styles of source control workflow and continuous integration
You have experience designing, leading and owning cross-functional initiatives
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
Minimum of 16 weeks of parental leave
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
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