principal Software Engineer tech_leadership Remote

About this role

Elastic is hiring a principal-level Software Engineer as a remote position. The posting calls out experience with Java, Elasticsearch, Git, CI/CD.

Role
Software Engineer
Function
software engineering
Level
principal
Track
Tech leadership
Employment
Full-time
Location
London, United Kingdom
Work mode
Remote
Department
Platform - Elasticsearch
AI Summary
Principal Software Engineer leading Elasticsearch search infrastructure evolution. Define technical vision for indexing, retrieval, and relevance systems. Requires deep expertise in search internals, distributed systems, and large-scale infrastructure with proven track record leading technical projects.

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Job description

from Elastic careers

Elastic, the Search AI Company, enables everyone to find the answers they need in real time, using all their data, at scale — unleashing the potential of businesses and people. The Elastic Search AI Platform, used by more than 50% of the Fortune 500, brings together the precision of search and the intelligence of AI to enable everyone to accelerate the results that matter. By taking advantage of all structured and unstructured data — securing and protecting private information more effectively — Elastic’s complete, cloud-based solutions for search, security, and observability help organizations deliver on the promise of AI.

What is The Role:

We're looking for a Principal Software Engineer to join the Elasticsearch - Search Scaling team. This globally-distributed team of experienced engineers focuses on delivering a robust and feature-rich search experience, including contributing to improving the search experience in Lucene. This is a principle software engineering role that entails using your vast knowledge in this space in order to define, direct, and build the next generation of Elasticsearch capabilities. This role provides technical vision and direction for Elasticsearch’s core search infrastructure, including indexing, retrieval, and relevance, and requires deep expertise in search internals and cross-team collaboration.

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