Senior Software Engineer - Search Relevance in ES|QL

Elastic

Posted 23d ago

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Lead initiatives within Elasticsearch to produce an industry-leading search engine offering, supplying unparalleled speed and relevance in search
Contribute to Elasticsearch full time, building new search features and fixing intriguing bugs, all while making the code easier to understand
Invent new algorithms or data structures, or find and implement them, and get close to the operating system and hardware
Work with a globally distributed team of experienced engineers focused on the vector search capabilities of Elasticsearch
Be an expert on Elasticsearch search relevance and identify and drive improvements in this area based on your questions and instincts
Work with community members from all over the world on issues and pull requests, sometimes triaging them and handing them off to other experts and sometimes handling them yourself
Write idiomatic modern Java -- Elasticsearch is 99.8% Java

Professional experience with search or vector databases, and used HNSW, IVF, or other relevant algorithms and libraries on search platforms at scale
Solid skills in core Java and conversant in the standard library of data structures and concurrency constructs, as well as other features like lambdas
Work with a high level of autonomy and able to take on projects and guide them from beginning to end
Comfortable developing collaboratively, giving and receiving feedback on code and approaches and APIs
Used several data storage technologies like Elasticsearch, Solr, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, or Cassandra and have some idea how they work and why they work that way
Proven track record of using AI to accelerate development, debug complex systems, and optimize code, while still owning the final outcomes
Ability to collaborate across functions and teams and seamlessly transition between different projects, codebases, or teams based on business priorities
Work autonomously and can drive decisions and results in a distributed team by leveraging asynchronous, direct, and transparent communication

Built things with Elasticsearch before
Worked with open source projects and familiar with different styles of source control workflow and continuous integration
Experience with data storage technology
Experience designing, leading, and owning cross-functional initiatives

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