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Director of Software Engineering - Distributed Systems, Serverless - Elasticsearch

United States🌐 Remote💼 Full-time💰 $199,700–$199,700🗓 2026-09-29

Core

Lead the Elasticsearch Distributed Systems organization to ensure scale, performance, and resilience, specifically for the Serverless offering.

Role type

Director of Software Engineering (Distributed Systems)

Builds

Elasticsearch core distributed architecture and Serverless capabilities

Domain

Search engine technology, distributed systems, cloud infrastructure

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Distributed systems architecture, large-scale system design, engineering strategy, organizational leadership, performance optimization, system reliability, technical mentorship

Preferred skills

Database engine experience, distributed storage expertise, senior stakeholder management

Technologies

Elasticsearch, GitHub, Slack, Zoom

Responsibilities

Develop long-term engineering strategy, lead a team of 40 engineers and managers, drive performance and scalability improvements, mentor senior technical leaders, manage organizational planning and staffing, partner with product management, act as escalation point for critical issues, communicate strategy to executives.

Seniority

Director, hands-on IC with management responsibilities

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