Principal Software Engineer - Performance Tuning - Elasticsearch @Elastic

Overview

The role involves joining the Elasticsearch Performance team at Elastic as a Principal Software Engineer, focusing on architectural and code-level performance engineering initiatives to optimize Elasticsearch performance for large organizations.

Key Responsibilities

• Own core performance engineering initiatives from architecture to production, delivering high-impact optimizations.
• Develop foundational performance models and methodologies for complex, distributed systems.
• Drive optimization strategies to ensure Elasticsearch remains performant, predictable, and scalable.
• Profile and analyze system behavior to identify bottlenecks in various systems.
• Ensure robust performance benchmarks and regression detection for different architectures.
• Collaborate across the company to integrate performance-first thinking into new features.
• Design and build AI-assisted optimization tools for profiling and benchmarking.
• Mentor and coach other engineers to foster a culture of technical excellence.

Requirements

• Deep knowledge of Java internals and JVM memory management, with experience in high-performance, thread-safe, and lock-free code.
• Proven experience profiling and optimizing distributed systems with benchmarking tools.
• Solid understanding of distributed systems architecture and scaling challenges.
• Experience using AI or advanced tools for optimization and debugging performance issues.
• Ability to collaborate across teams and projects based on business priorities.
• Ability to work autonomously and drive decisions in a distributed team environment.

Benefits

• Competitive pay based on work contributions rather than previous salary.
• Health coverage for employees and their families in many locations.
• Flexible work locations and schedules.
• Generous vacation days each year.
• Financial match for donations and service up to $2000.
• 40 hours a year for volunteer projects.
• A minimum of 16 weeks of parental leave.

Location

This is a remote position, based in Ireland.

How to Apply

To apply, visit the Elastic careers page.

Deadline

No deadline stated.