Elasticsearch - Principal Software Engineer II - Distributed Systems

Requirements:

• A strong background in distributed systems and consensus algorithms
• Strong skills in core Java and conversant in the standard library of data structures and concurrency constructs
• Deep technical proficiency in algorithms
• Ability to understand and work on complex, highly distributed systems
• Demonstrated ability to build and debug features with a broad impact, running on multiple machines
• Experience leading projects spanning multiple teams
• Experience communicating with a variety of stakeholders

Nice to Haves:

• Data stores knowledge
• Experience with search, analytics, and Lucene
• Strong knowledge of the JDK
• Experience with asynchronous event-driven network frameworks such as Netty

What You'll Be Doing:

• Improving Elasticsearch’s components that support concurrent and consistent indexing across multiple machines
• Maintaining the cluster coordination system to keep performance high
• Pushing the limits on the number of shards, nodes, and petabytes Elasticsearch can handle
• Providing solutions for performance or concurrency issues
• Supporting support engineers with challenging problems

Perks and Benefits:

• Competitive pay based on the work done
• Health coverage for employees and family in many locations
• Flexible locations and schedules for many roles
• Generous vacation days
• Financial donation matching
• Volunteer project hours
• Minimum of 16 weeks of parental leave