Search - Distinguished Engineer I

Elastic

Greece
On-site
Technical leadership for large projects
Deep expertise in java/jvm
Passion for search technology
Elastic is seeking a Distinguished Engineer I to lead the architecture and vision for their Search products. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in search technologies and will be responsible for shaping technical direction while collaborating with various teams to enhance user experiences

Job Summary

  • As a recognized leader in the search space, Elastic’s Search team connects our core technologies to real-world business needs, enabling our customers to build market leading applications.
  • You’ll be the technical leader shaping the architecture and vision for Elastic’s Search products, ensuring that using Elasticsearch for building applications, Agents, or as a context engineering Platform is easy to get started with and operate.
  • We are looking for a technology and engineering leader (Distinguished Engineer level) to help us realize our goals.

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Elastic is seeking a Distinguished Engineer I to lead the architecture and vision for their Search products. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in search technologies and will be responsible for shaping technical direction while collaborating with various teams to enhance user experiences.

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • Technical leadership for large projects
  • Deep expertise in Java/JVM
  • Passion for Search technology
  • Reason about architecture at high and detailed levels
  • Hands-on coding and PR reviews

Nice-to-have

  • Experience with the Elastic Stack
  • Open-source project leadership
  • Built search products at scale

Key Requirements

  • Proven experience as technical leader
  • Deep expertise in search technologies
  • Experience building complex distributed systems
  • Understanding of databases/datastores
  • Excellent communicator, collaborator, and problem solver
  • Operates with high autonomy

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