Senior Software Engineer - Storage Engine - Elasticsearch

Elastic, the Search AI Company, is hiring a Senior Software Engineer to join the Elasticsearch Storage Engine team. This fully remote, globally distributed team develops core storage and query technologies for observability workloads, including improving storage efficiency, advancing ES|QL query processing, and optimizing data layouts for object storage.

• 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 drive industry-leading observability solutions.
• Work with a globally distributed team focused on logs and metrics capabilities of Elasticsearch.
• Drive continuous operational and system improvements by introducing best practices for clean coding standards and architectural clarity.
• Serve as a subject matter expert (SME) across key areas of Elasticsearch, mentoring the wider engineering organization.
• Triage, resolve, and review issues and pull requests with the global community.
• Write idiomatic modern Java (Elasticsearch is 99.8% Java).

• Ability to collaborate across functions and teams and transition between projects.
• Work autonomously in a distributed team using asynchronous, direct, and transparent communication.
• Proven track record of using AI to accelerate development, debug complex systems, and optimize code.
• Prompt-engineering mindset to leverage AI agents effectively with sound engineering judgment.
• Experience implementing 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 with deep understanding of concurrency primitives and efficient data structures.
• 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.

Base salary range: €61,100 - €96,600 EUR. This role does not have a variable compensation component.

• Health coverage for you and your family in many locations.
• Ability to craft your calendar with flexible locations and schedules for many roles.
• Generous number of vacation days each year.
• Donation match up to $2000 (or local currency equivalent) for financial donations and service.
• Up to 40 hours each year for volunteer projects.
• Minimum of 16 weeks of parental leave.

Apply via the provided link.