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Senior Software Engineer - Storage Engine - Elasticsearch

Elastic· Platform - Elasticsearch
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Remote$133.1k - $210.6kfull-timePosted 3mo ago

About the role

Senior Software Engineer role focusing on core storage and query engine for Elasticsearch, with emphasis on storage efficiency, query processing performance, and data layouts for object storage. Fully remote, globally distributed team.

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

  • You possess the ability to collaborate across functions and teams and seamlessly transition between different projects, codebases, or teams based on business priorities
  • You work autonomously and can drive decisions and results in a distributed team by leveraging asynchronous, direct, and transparent communication.
  • You have a proven track record of using AI to accelerate development, debug complex systems, and optimize code, while still owning the final outcomes.
  • You bring a prompt-engineering mindset to know how to leverage AI agents effectively, using sound engineering judgment to validate results and recognize its limitations.
  • You have implemented novel techniques to efficiently index, store, and query time-series or logs data.
  • You have experience with one or more data storage technologies like Elasticsearch, Solr, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, or Prometheus and have some idea how they work and why they work that way.
  • You have strong core Java skills, a deep understanding of its concurrency primitives, with a proven ability to design and optimize efficient data structures and algorithms.
  • You excel in a collaborative environment, actively participate in technical discussions, and work effectively across distributed teams.
  • You have excellent verbal and written communication skills and collaborate with respect, empathy, and professionalism in a distributed team.

Skills

Required:JavaDistributed systemsStorage and indexing
Nice to have:AI / Prompt engineering

Benefits

  • Elastic's stock program participation
  • Company-matched 401k with dollar-for-dollar matching up to 6%
  • Health coverage for you and your family in many locations
  • Flexible calendar with locations and schedules for many roles
  • Generous vacation days
  • Up to $2000 match for charitable donations
  • Up to 40 hours per year for volunteer projects
  • Parental leave minimum of 16 weeks
  • Diversity and inclusive culture
Last updated Jul 23, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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