Senior Software Engineer - Search Relevance in ES|QL - Elasticsearch

United States🌐 Remote💼 Full-time💰 $61,100–$61,100🗓 2026-07-28 → 2026-09-26

Core

Senior Software Engineer leading search relevance initiatives and building new features for the Elasticsearch search engine.

Role type

Senior Software Engineer (Search Relevance)

Builds

Elasticsearch search engine features and vector search capabilities

Domain

Search technology, Vector databases, Java

Deliverable

production ML models | product features

Required skills

Search or vector database expertise, HNSW/IVF algorithms, Core Java, Data structures, Concurrency, Autonomous project leadership, Collaborative code review, Data storage technology knowledge, AI-assisted development

Preferred skills

Prior Elasticsearch experience, Open source project experience, Cross-functional initiative leadership

Technologies

Elasticsearch, Lucene, Java, HNSW, IVF, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Cassandra

Responsibilities

Lead initiatives to produce an industry-leading search engine, Build new search features and fix bugs, Work with globally distributed team on vector search capabilities, Identify and drive improvements in search relevance, Work with community members on issues and pull requests, Write idiomatic modern Java

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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About Elastic

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