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, supplying unparalleled speed and relevance in search.
- Contribute to Elasticsearch full time, building new search features and fixing intriguing bugs, all while making the code easier to understand.
- Work with a globally distributed team of experienced engineers 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 from all over the world on issues and pull requests.
- Write idiomatic modern Java.
Requirements
- Implemented novel techniques in vector similarity on a search platform with a large user base or progressed the field of academic research in vector similarity information retrieval.
- Professional experience with search or vector databases, using HNSW, IVF, or other relevant algorithms and libraries at scale.
- Solid skills in core Java, standard library of data structures and concurrency constructs, 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.
- Used 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.
- Work autonomously and drive decisions and results in a distributed team.
Conditions
- Compensation in the form of base salary, no variable compensation component.
- Typical starting salary range: €55,800 — €88,300 EUR.
- Distributed company with flexible locations and schedules for many roles.
- Health coverage for you and your family in many locations.
- Generous number of vacation days each year.
- Up to 40 hours each year for volunteer projects.
- Minimum of 16 weeks of parental leave.