Principal Java Engineer - Distributed Systems, Serverless - Elasticsearch @Elastic

Overview

The role involves working as a Principal Software Engineer on the Elasticsearch - Distributed Systems team. The focus will be on scalability, performance, and resilience in the context of Elasticsearch's Serverless offering.

Key Responsibilities

• Designing, building, and operating core components of the next-generation Serverless Elasticsearch offering.
• Improving components that support concurrent and consistent indexing across multiple machines.
• Maintaining the cluster coordination system for high performance during node changes and data movements.
• Addressing performance and concurrency issues and proposing solutions.
• Supporting engineers with challenging problems.
• Managing operational investigations to resolve performance or stability issues.

Requirements

• Deep background in distributed systems and consensus algorithms.
• Strong skills in core Java and familiarity with data structures, concurrency constructs, and modern language features.
• Technical proficiency in algorithms and experience with large-scale distributed systems.
• Capable of managing projects involving multiple engineers and owning them from design to development.
• Experience using AI for development, debugging, and code optimization.
• Able to collaborate across functions and work autonomously in a distributed team.

Bonus Points

• Experience with data stores
• Knowledge of search and analytics, particularly Lucene
• Familiarity with asynchronous event-driven network frameworks like Netty

Benefits

• Competitive pay based on work performance, not previous salary.
• Health coverage for you and your family in many locations.
• Flexible locations and schedules.
• Generous vacation days.
• Financial donation matching up to $2000.
• Volunteer time off of up to 40 hours per year.
• Parental leave of at least 16 weeks.

Location

This role is fully remote and based in Spain.

How to Apply

To apply, please visit the company's career page.

Deadline

No deadline stated.