Principal Software Engineer - Search Infra - Elasticsearch

Overview As a Principal Software Engineer on the Elasticsearch - Search Infra team, you define and drive the core search infrastructure for Elasticsearch.
You will shape the long-term technical direction, contribute to indexing, retrieval, and relevance, and mentor a global group of engineers.
You'll turn research in search internals into scalable, high-performance systems and collaborate with product teams to align roadmap with user needs.
This role offers the chance to influence a widely-used platform that powers search at scale and enables real-time AI-driven insights.
You will work autonomously across distributed teams to deliver impactful, technically solid foundations.
Compensaciones / Beneficios Competitive salary Health coverage for family Flexible locations and schedules Generous vacation days Volunteer time allowance Parental leave Responsabilidades Define, lead, and contribute to the evolution of core search and indexing capabilities Research advances in search infrastructure, data structures, and retrieval algorithms Shape the long-term technical vision for search at Elastic and align with partner and product teams Drive an innovative roadmap for indexing, query execution, and relevance Serve as an authority in Elasticsearch domains and mentor other engineers Collaborate across distributed teams to deliver robust, high-performance software Requisitos principales Experience leading technical projects in search infrastructure and distributed systems Proven ability to build and operate sophisticated search platforms and robust software Experience mentoring expert engineers Ability to define a long-term technical vision for core search or retrieval systems Hands-on with Elasticsearch, Lucene, or Solr Strong Java skills, knowledge of data structures and concurrency, familiarity with lambdas Experience with large-scale data or search systems Excellent verbal and written communication; comfortable collaborating across distributed teams Strong communication Collaboration across distributed teams Mentoring and guidance Elasticsearch Lucene Solr