Elasticsearch - Vector Search - Principal Software Engineer I

Elastic(4 days ago)

RemoteFull TimeSenior$133,452 - $179,813 (estimated)Engineering

About this role

A Principal Software Engineer on the Elasticsearch - Search team focused on advancing vector similarity search within Elasticsearch. The role centers on designing and implementing new vector search features, improving existing functionality, and contributing to the broader search platform including Lucene. This position is part of a globally distributed engineering organization working on high-scale search and AI-driven relevance.

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Required Skills

Java
Vector Search
HNSW
IVF
Algorithms
Data Structures
Concurrency
Elasticsearch
Lucene
Distributed Systems

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About Elastic

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Elastic is the Search AI company that delivers the Elastic Search AI Platform to help organizations find answers and drive outcomes from their data. Built on Elasticsearch and the Elastic Stack (Kibana, Beats, Logstash), it provides solutions for enterprise search, observability, security (SIEM), and analytics to search, analyze, and visualize logs, metrics, and other data in real time. Available as cloud-hosted and self-managed deployments, Elastic offers APIs, machine learning, vector search, and developer-friendly tools rooted in open-source technology. Customers use Elastic to accelerate time-to-insight, detect and investigate threats, troubleshoot applications, and build rich search experiences.