Senior Java Engineer, Elastic
Elasticsearch
$133.1-252.9k
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Open source platform powering search, observability, security, and more
Job no longer available
Open source platform powering search, observability, security, and more
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$133.1-252.9k
This role is currently eligible to participate in Elastic's stock program. Salary is benchmarked based on US rates and may vary depending on the location
1001+ employees
Company mission
To help turn endless data possibilities into real results with the power of Search AI.
Role
Who you are
- Do you want to work on distributed search and analytics software which impacts the lives of millions of people? We are looking for people with a deep knowledge of Java, algorithms, and concurrency and who love to take on new challenges
- 6+ years of Software Engineering experience, highly proficient in Java and conversant in the standard library of data structures and concurrency constructs
- 2+ years of experience in one or more of the following areas: vector search, search engine development, query language implementation or developing storage-efficient solutions
- Solid software engineering foundations and deep technical proficiency in algorithms, with a proven track record of designing and delivering high-quality solutions
- Experience troubleshooting complex issues
- A high level of autonomy, owning projects from beginning to end. The distributed nature of the company offers freedom to work when and how you see fit, but also requires team members to work independently, and reach out for help when stuck
- You've used several data storage technologies like Elasticsearch, Solr, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, or Cassandra and have some idea how they work and why they work that way
Desirable
- You've built things with Elasticsearch before
- You have experience designing, leading and owning cross-functional initiatives
- You've worked with open source projects and are familiar with different styles of source control workflow and continuous integration
- You have past working experience with OS or cloud service development
What the job involves
- We are on the lookout for talented Senior Software Engineers to join our Elasticsearch team
- As a Senior Software Engineer in Elasticsearch you will get the opportunity to work on different initiatives. Whether it’s advancing Elastic Cloud Serverless, building new analytics capabilities in ES|QL (our newest query language powered by a new compute engine), enhancing current solutions to efficiently store logs or metrics and provide a great customer experience, there is always a good challenge ahead!
- You'll be a full time Elasticsearch contributor, building scalable new features, fixing intriguing bugs and increasing the testing coverage, all while making the code easier to understand. Sometimes you'll need to invent a new algorithm or data structure, or find one and implement it. Sometimes you'll need to get close to the operating system and hardware
- Tackling difficult issues, including performance or concurrency issues, and proposing solutions
- Collaborating in the open with the Elasticsearch team, Elastic Stack users, and other supporting open source projects. You'll work with community members from all over the world on issues and pull requests, sometimes triaging them and handing them off to other experts and sometimes handling them yourself
- Partnering with our support engineers on the harder problems
- You'll write idiomatic modern Java -- Elasticsearch is 99.8% Java!
Our take
Organizations are dealing with exploding data volumes increasingly sophisticated cyber threats, and the growing expectation tha ttechnology should help act on problems, not just report them. Ai is moving from experimentation into real operations, especially in security and observability where speed and context are critical. So now, both enterprises and governments are looking for simpler, shared platforms that sale easily and reduce complexity rather than add to it.
And Elastic sits at the intersection of these needs with its Search AI Platform that helps organizations turn large amounts of structured and unstructured data into clear insights and actiontions across search, security, and observability. Elastic's strength lies in its open, flexible approach, which breaks down data silos and provides a context people and AI systems need to make daster, better decisions. The goal is straightforward: help teams see what's happening, understand it quickly, and respond confidently.
Recently, the company worked with CISA to deliver a unified, cloud-based SIEM for US federal agencies, this highlights strong trust in Elastic's security and scalability. Alongside this, its AWS Agentic AI Specialization also reflects leadership in making autonomous AI system practical and reliable. Together, these milestones position Elastic well for the future, as organizations increasingly rely on shared platforms and intelligent systems to manage ris, complexity, and growth.
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Insights
8% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Jul 2016
$58m
SERIES D
Jun 2014
$70m
SERIES C
Total funding: $162m
Company benefits
- Toast to your health: Fully paid health coverage for you and your family, in many locations.
- Craft your calendar: Flexible location and schedule for most roles.
- Create space for you: Distributed by design workforce, plus generous number of vacation days each year.
- Embrace parenthood: Minimum of 16 weeks of parental leave, plus generous family formation benefits.
- Give back your time: 40 hours each year to use toward volunteering with organizations and causes you’re passionate about.
- Amplify your impact: Double your charitable giving — we match donations up to $1500 USD (or local currency equivalent).
Company HQ
Union Square, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Ashutosh Kulkarni
(CEO)Ashutosh joined Elastic in 2021 as CPO, becoming CEO in 2022. Prior to this, he was an EVP and CPO of Enterprise at McAfee, a Senior VP and GM of Web Performance and Web Security at Akamai Technologies, and a Senior VP and GM of Informatica Cloud at Informatica.
Shay Banon
(Co-Founder & CTO)Shay co-founded Elastic in 2012 and has served as the CTO since.
Navam Welihinda
(CFO)Prior to joining Elastic in 2025, Navam was the CFO at Grammarly. He also spent nearly 8 years at HashiCorp as VP of Finance and CFO and was the Head of Finance, Compose at IBM for 1 year.
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