Principal Software Engineer – Search Scaling

Join Elastic’s Elasticsearch - Search Scaling team as a globally distributed Principal Software Engineer. This role focuses on delivering a robust, feature‑rich search experience and improving the search infrastructure in Lucene.

Responsibilities

• Define, lead, and contribute to the evolution of core search and indexing capabilities.
• Research advances in search infrastructure, data structures, and retrieval algorithms to build efficient foundations.
• Collaborate with partners and product teams to shape the long‑term technical vision for search at Elastic.
• Drive an innovative roadmap for indexing, query execution, and relevance layers.
• Act as the go‑to expert in core search domains and continuously improve them.

Qualifications

• Experience leading technical projects in search infrastructure and distributed systems.
• Proven knowledge in buil...