Elasticsearch - Principal Software Engineer II - Distributed Systems
Elastic
4 months ago
London, United Kingdom
Staff+
H1B Sponsor
Responsibilities
- Improve Elasticsearch components for concurrent and consistent indexing across multiple machines.
- Maintain the cluster coordination system to ensure high performance during node changes.
- Push the limits on the number of shards, nodes, and petabytes handled by Elasticsearch.
- Investigate performance and concurrency issues and propose solutions.
- Support support engineers with complex problems.
Requirements
- Strong background in distributed systems and consensus algorithms.
- Proficient in core Java and familiar with data structures and concurrency constructs.
- Deep technical proficiency in algorithms.
- Experience with complex, highly distributed systems.
- Ability to build and debug features with broad impact across multiple machines.
- Proven track record of owning projects from design to implementation.
- Experience leading projects across multiple teams.
- Strong communication skills with various stakeholders.
Benefits
- Competitive pay based on performance, not previous salary.
- Health coverage for you and your family in many locations.
- Flexible work locations and schedules.
- Generous vacation days each year.
- Financial donation matching up to $2000.
- Up to 40 hours per year for volunteer projects.
- Minimum of 16 weeks of parental leave.
Tech Stack
ElasticsearchJava
Categories
BackendData Engineering