Senior Java Engineer - Distributed Systems, Serverless - Elasticsearch
Core
Building and operating core components of the next-generation Serverless Elasticsearch offering, focusing on distributed systems challenges like node communication, data indexing, allocation, and cluster coordination.
Role type
Senior IC distributed systems engineer (Java)
Builds
Next-generation Serverless Elasticsearch offering
Domain
Search technology, distributed systems, cloud infrastructure
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Distributed systems, consensus algorithms, core Java, algorithms, complex distributed system architecture, end-to-end project ownership, AI-assisted development
Preferred skills
Data stores, search/analytics (Lucene), JDK deep knowledge, asynchronous event-driven network frameworks (Netty)
Technologies
Elasticsearch, Java, Lucene, Netty, Serverless
Responsibilities
Build and operate core pieces of the Serverless Elasticsearch offering; Improve components supporting concurrent and consistent indexing across multiple machines; Maintain cluster coordination system for performance and safety; Push limits on shards, nodes, and petabytes; Investigate and resolve performance or concurrency issues; Support support engineers with hard problems; Own operational investigations end-to-end.
