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Senior Software Engineer - Storage Engine - Elasticsearch

Elastic· Platform - Elasticsearch
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Hybrid (Global)€61.1k - €96.6kfull-timePosted 3mo ago

About the role

Senior Software Engineer to design, implement, and optimize Elasticsearch's core storage and query engine within the Storage Engine team. Focus on high-performance, scalable database/search/distributed systems with emphasis on storage, indexing, query execution, and performance optimization.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the architectural evolution of core storage engine components, continuously identifying and resolving performance bottlenecks in indexing layouts, serialization formats, and resource utilization.
  • Lead cross organizational initiatives to drive and build industry-leading observability solutions.
  • Work with a globally distributed team focused on the logs and metrics capabilities of Elasticsearch.
  • Drive continuous operational and system improvements by introducing best practices for clean coding standards, demystifying complex system behaviors, untangling complexity to bring architectural clarity across the platform.
  • Serve as a subject matter expert (SME) across key areas of Elasticsearch, acting as a trusted technical advisor and mentor to the wider engineering organization.
  • Work with a global community to triage, resolve, and review issues and pull requests, collaborating with domain experts as needed.
  • Write idiomatic modern Java -- Elasticsearch is 99.8% Java!

Qualifications

  • Ability to collaborate across functions and teams and transition between projects, codebases, or teams based on priorities.
  • Autonomous work style driving decisions and results in a distributed team with asynchronous, direct, and transparent communication.
  • Proven track record of using AI to accelerate development, debug complex systems, and optimize code, while owning final outcomes.
  • Prompt-engineering mindset to leverage AI agents effectively with sound engineering judgment.
  • Experience implementing novel techniques to efficiently index, store, and query time-series or logs data.
  • Experience with data storage technologies like Elasticsearch, Solr, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, or Prometheus and understanding of their workings.
  • Strong core Java skills with deep understanding of concurrency primitives and ability to design/optimize efficient data structures and algorithms.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication, collaborative and respectful in distributed teams.

Skills

Required:JavaDistributed systemsStorage and indexing
Nice to have:AI for development

Benefits

  • Competitive pay based on the work you do here and not your previous salary
  • Health coverage for you and your family in many locations
  • Flexible locations and schedules for many roles
  • Generous number of vacation days each year
  • Company matches up to $2000 for financial donations and service
  • Up to 40 hours each year for volunteer projects
  • Minimum of 16 weeks parental leave
Last updated Jul 23, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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