About the company
Elastic, the Search AI Company, enables everyone to find the answers they need in real time, using all their data, at scale. The Elastic Search AI Platform is used by more than 50% of the Fortune 500.
Responsibilities
- Lead initiatives within Elasticsearch to produce an industry-leading search engine offering with unparalleled speed and relevance in search
- Contribute to Elasticsearch full time, building new search features and fixing bugs
- Invent or implement new algorithms and data structures
- Work with a globally distributed team focused on the vector search capabilities of Elasticsearch
- Be an expert on Elasticsearch search relevance and drive improvements in this area
- Work with community members on issues and pull requests
- Write idiomatic modern Java
Requirements
- Professional experience with search or vector databases, using HNSW, IVF, or other relevant algorithms and libraries on search platforms at scale
- Solid skills in core Java and the standard library of data structures and concurrency constructs, as well as features like lambdas
- High level of autonomy, able to take on projects and guide them from beginning to end
- Comfortable developing collaboratively, giving and receiving feedback on code, approaches, and APIs
- Experience with several data storage technologies like Elasticsearch, Solr, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, or Cassandra
- Proven track record of using AI to accelerate development, debug complex systems, and optimize code
- Ability to collaborate across functions and teams and transition between projects, codebases, or teams
- Ability to work autonomously and drive decisions and results in a distributed team via asynchronous, direct, and transparent communication
Conditions
- Compensation is in the form of base salary; no variable compensation component
- Typical starting salary range: €85,600 — €135,500 EUR
- Bonus: built things with Elasticsearch before
- Bonus: worked with open source projects and familiar with different styles of source control workflow and continuous integration
- Bonus: experience with data storage technology
- Bonus: experience designing, leading, and owning cross-functional initiatives