Principal Software Developer - Search Algorithms - Elasticsearch

Job summary

Lead initiatives to enhance vector similarity search functionality within the Elasticsearch platform to ensure industry-leading speed and relevance. Collaborate with a globally distributed team to design, implement, and maintain high-performance search features while contributing to the underlying Lucene codebase.

Job details

Lead initiatives to enhance vector similarity search functionality within the Elasticsearch platform to ensure industry-leading speed and relevance. Collaborate with a globally distributed team to design, implement, and maintain high-performance search features while contributing to the underlying Lucene codebase. Requires professional experience with vector similarity algorithms and databases, along with strong proficiency in modern Java development. Candidates must demonstrate the ability to work autonomously in a distributed environment and possess excellent communication skills for asynchronous collaboration.

What you’ll do

Lead initiatives to enhance vector similarity search functionality within the Elasticsearch platform to ensure industry-leading speed and relevance. Collaborate with a globally distributed team to design, implement, and maintain high-performance search features while contributing to the underlying Lucene codebase.

Requirements

Requires professional experience with vector similarity algorithms and databases, along with strong proficiency in modern Java development. Candidates must demonstrate the ability to work autonomously in a distributed environment and possess excellent communication skills for asynchronous collaboration.

Benefits

• Stock program
• Company-matched Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP)
• Health coverage
• Flexible locations and schedules
• Generous vacation days
• Donation matching
• Volunteer time off
• Parental leave

Listed skills

• Java · Preferred

Other relevant skills

Identified from the job description. Confirm important requirements above.

• Java
• Elasticsearch
• Vector search
• Lucene
• HNSW
• IVF
• Data structures
• Concurrency
• Software design
• Distributed systems
• Algorithm development
• Code review
• Asynchronous communication
• Search relevance
• Performance optimization

Job areas

• Software
• Technology
• Engineering
• Data & Analytics

More jobs from Elastic