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Principal Software Engineer - Search Infra - Elasticsearch

Elastic· Platform - Elasticsearch
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Hybrid (Romania)RON 326.4k - RON 516.4kfull-timePosted 4w ago

About the role

Principal Software Engineer role within the Elasticsearch - Search Infra team, focused on core search infrastructure, indexing, retrieval, and relevance, with leadership across cross-team collaboration and technical vision.

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 strengthen Elasticsearch foundations.
  • 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.
  • Serve as an authority in multiple Elasticsearch domains and continuously improve them.

Qualifications

  • Experience leading technical projects in the search infrastructure and distributed systems space.
  • Experience mentoring expert engineers, providing technical and professional guidance.
  • Experience defining a long-term technical vision for a core search or retrieval system, cross-team collaboration to shape roadmap.
  • Hands-on experience with search and indexing technologies such as Elasticsearch, Lucene, or Solr.
  • Strong skills in core Java and familiarity with advanced data structures and concurrency constructs; experience with modern language features like lambdas.
  • Ability to work autonomously from concept to completion, including technical design and cross-team collaboration.
  • Experience with large-scale data or search systems (Elasticsearch, Lucene, Solr, or distributed storage engines).
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills; collaborative and empathetic team member.

Skills

Required:Search and indexing technologiesJavaDistributed systems

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 donations matching up to $2000 (or local currency equivalent)
  • Up to 40 hours per year for volunteer projects
  • Minimum of 16 weeks parental leave
Last updated Sep 24, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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