Senior Software Engineer

Elastic, the Search AI Company, enables everyone to find answers in real time using all their data at scale. The Elastic Search AI Platform, used by more than 50% of the Fortune 500, brings together search and AI. Elastic's cloud-based solutions for search, security, and observability help organizations deliver on the promise of AI.

We're looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join the Elasticsearch - Storage Engine team. This globally distributed, fully remote team develops core storage and query technologies for observability workloads, including improving storage efficiency, advancing ES|QL query processing and performance, and optimizing data layouts for object storage. This role is responsible for designing, implementing, and optimizing Elasticsearch's core storage and query engine.

• Lead the architectural evolution of core storage engine components, resolving performance bottlenecks in indexing layouts, serialization formats, and resource utilization.
• Lead cross-organizational initiatives to build industry-leading observability solutions.
• Work with a globally distributed team focused on logs and metrics capabilities of Elasticsearch.
• Drive operational and system improvements, introducing best practices for clean coding standards and architectural clarity.
• Serve as a subject matter expert (SME) across key areas of Elasticsearch, acting as a technical advisor and mentor.
• Work with a global community to triage, resolve, and review issues and pull requests.
• Write idiomatic modern Java — Elasticsearch is 99.8% Java.

• Ability to collaborate across functions and teams, and transition between projects.
• Work autonomously and drive decisions in a distributed team using asynchronous communication.
• Proven track record of using AI to accelerate development, debug complex systems, and optimize code.
• Prompt-engineering mindset to leverage AI agents effectively.
• Implemented novel techniques to index, store, and query time-series or logs data.
• Experience with data storage technologies like Elasticsearch, Solr, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, or Prometheus.
• Strong core Java skills, deep understanding of concurrency primitives, and ability to design efficient data structures and algorithms.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

• Built things with Elasticsearch before.
• Worked with open source projects and familiar with source control and CI.
• Worked on data storage technology.
• Experience designing, leading, and owning cross-functional initiatives.
• Past experience with database, search engine, OS, or cloud service development.

Compensation is in the form of base salary; no variable component. Typical starting salary range: 272.000 Lei—430.200 Lei RON.

• Competitive pay based on work, not previous salary.
• Health coverage for you and your family in many locations.
• Flexible locations and schedules for many roles.
• Generous vacation days each year.
• Match up to $2000 for financial donations and service.
• Up to 40 hours each year for volunteer projects.
• Minimum of 16 weeks of parental leave.

To request an accommodation during the application or the recruiting process, email candidate_accessibility@elastic.co.