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Principal Software Engineer - Search Infra - Elasticsearch

Elastic· Platform - Elasticsearch
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Hybrid (Poland)PLN 369.4k - PLN 584.3kfull-timePosted 4w ago

About the role

Principal Software Engineer role focused on Elasticsearch's core search infrastructure, leading technical vision and direction for indexing, retrieval, and relevance within the Search Infra team.

Responsibilities

  • Define, lead, and contribute to the evolution of core search and indexing capabilities.
  • Research advances in search infrastructure, data structures, and retrieval algorithms to build robust foundations for users.
  • Collaborate with partners and product teams to shape long-term technical vision for search at Elastic.
  • Drive an innovative roadmap for Elasticsearch’s indexing, query execution, and relevance layers.
  • Be a go-to expert for domains within Elasticsearch and continuously improve them through insights and collaboration.

Qualifications

  • Experience leading technical projects in search infrastructure and distributed systems.
  • Experience mentoring expert engineers.
  • Experience defining a long-term technical vision for a core search or retrieval system.
  • Hands-on experience with Elasticsearch, Lucene, or Solr.
  • Strong Java skills and familiarity with data structures, concurrency, and lambdas.
  • Autonomy to drive projects from concept to completion, including design and collaboration.
  • Experience with large-scale data or search systems (e.g., Elasticsearch, Lucene, Solr, distributed storage engines).
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills and ability to collaborate across distributed teams.

Skills

Required:Technical leadership in search infrastructureMentoring engineersLong-term technical vision for core search/retrieval systemsElasticsearch, Lucene, SolrJavaDistributed systems and large-scale dataCommunication

Benefits

  • Competitive pay
  • Health coverage for you and your family
  • Flexible locations and schedules
  • Generous vacation days
  • Company donations matching up to $2000 or local currency
  • Up to 40 hours/year for volunteer projects
  • Parental leave minimum 16 weeks
Last updated Sep 24, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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