Elasticsearch - Senior Software Engineer - Data Management

Elastic is an open source search company that powers enterprise search, observability, and security solutions built on one technology stack that can be deployed anywhere. From finding documents to monitoring infrastructure to hunting for threats, Elastic makes data usable in real time and at scale. Thousands of organizations worldwide, including Barclays, Cisco, eBay, Fairfax, ING, Goldman Sachs, Microsoft, The Mayo Clinic, NASA, The New York Times, Wikipedia, and Verizon, use Elastic to power mission-critical systems. Founded in 2012, Elastic is a distributed company with Elasticians around the globe. Learn more at elastic.co

Do you want to work on distributed search and analytics software which impacts the lives of millions of people? We’re not interested in your previous job title. Instead, we are looking for bright people with a deep knowledge of Java, algorithms, and concurrency and who love to take on new challenges.

Right now, we are on the lookout for a talented Java Engineer to join our Elasticsearch team. You will be working on areas of Elasticsearch that primarily deal with ingesting large volumes of data and the management of that data once indexed. For example,  Index Lifecycle Management, Data Streams, and the Ingest Pipelines are all part of data management.  You can work fully remote from your home or (almost) anywhere in the world.

What you will be doing: 

• Evolving and creating new features in Elasticsearch
• Designing and implementing new horizontally-scalable features and APIs in Elasticsearch
• Understanding and contributing to surrounding layers such as replication and search
• Optimizing internal data structures used within Elasticsearch 
• Tackling difficult issues, including performance or concurrency issues, and proposing solutions
• Collaborating in the open with the Elasticsearch team, Elastic Stack users, and other supporting open source projects
• Partnering with our support engineers on the harder problems

What you bring along: 

• You are highly proficient by way of 4+ years of software development.
• Proficient in Java, conversant in the standard library of data structures and concurrency constructs, as well as newer features like lambdas.
• Experience troubleshooting complex issues. 
• A high level of autonomy. The distributed nature of the company offers freedom to work when and how you see fit, but also requires team members to work independently, and reach out for help when stuck.
• Experience working with large volumes of data in noSQL datastore(s). 

Bonus points: 

• Experience running Elasticsearch at scale. 
• Experience with system’s administration or DevOps, with Kubernetes experience a definite bonus.
• Experience with complex Gradle builds.
• Maintaining open source libraries.

 

Compensation for this role is in the form of base salary.  This role does not have a variable compensation component.  

The typical starting salary range for new hires in this role is listed below.  In select locations (including Seattle WA, Los Angeles CA, the San Francisco Bay Area CA, and the New York City Metro Area), an alternate range may apply as specified below. 

These ranges represent the lowest to highest salary we reasonably and in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting.  We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range, and the ranges may be modified in the future.  

An employee's position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, performance, and business or organizational needs.

Elastic believes that employees should have the opportunity to share in the value that we create together for our shareholders. Therefore, in addition to cash compensation, this role is currently eligible to participate in Elastic's stock program.  Our total rewards package also includes a company-matched 401k with dollar-for-dollar matching up to 6% of eligible earnings, along with a range of other benefits offered with a holistic emphasis on employee well-being.

The typical starting salary range for this role is:$126,800—$185,000 USDThe typical starting salary range for this role in the select locations listed above is:$126,800—$185,000 USD

Compensation for this role is in the form of base salary.