Elastic, the Search AI Company, is looking to solve the problem of enabling everyone to find the answers they need in real time, using all their data, at scale, by building new analytics capabilities in Elasticsearch’s new compute engine, and accessed via the new piped query language called ES|QL
Requirements
- Strong skills in core Java and are conversant in the standard library of data structures and concurrency constructs, as well as newer features like lambdas
- Experience with software systems engineering
- Experience with data storage technologies like Elasticsearch, Solr, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, or Cassandra and an understanding of how they work and why they work that way
- Experience working with open source projects and familiar with different styles of source control workflow and continuous integration
- Strong desire to optimize and make use of the most efficient data structures and algorithms
- Experience with Elasticsearch before, and experience in the search and information retrieval space and understand the constructs and theory behind it
Responsibilities
- Design and contribute to the development of data-intensive improvements
- Research the latest features, data-structures, and algorithms in the industry to ensure we’re building the right capabilities for our users
- Improve areas of Elasticsearch based on your questions and your instincts
- Collaborate closely with other user experience teams crafting a friendly user interface
- Collaborate with teams closer to the customer building solutions on top of these capabilities (Search, Security, Observability)
- Write idiomatic modern Java
- Optimize and make use of the most efficient data structures and algorithms
Other
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to work with a high level of autonomy, able to tackle projects and guide them from beginning to end
- Competitive pay based on the work you do here and not your previous salary
- Health coverage for you and your family in many locations
- Ability to craft your calendar with flexible locations and schedules for many roles
