Senior Java Engineer - Distributed Systems - Elasticsearch

📋 Description

• Senior Software Engineer on Elasticsearch - Distributed Systems.
• Focus on scale, performance, and resilience.
• Own node communication; indexing, allocation, and replication.
• Improve components for concurrent and consistent multi-machine indexing.
• Maintain cluster coordination as nodes join/leave and data moves.
• Support engineers with harder problems.

🎯 Requirements

• A strong background in distributed systems and consensus algorithms.
• Strong core Java skills; familiar with standard data structures, concurrency constructs, and newer language features.
• Deep technical proficiency in algorithms.
• Experience with highly distributed systems.
• Ability to build and debug features with broad impact across multiple machines.
• Ability to own projects from design to delivery and collaborate.

🎁 Benefits

• Competitive pay based on the work you do.
• Health coverage for you and your family in many locations.
• Flexible locations and schedules for many roles.
• Generous vacation days each year.
• We match up to $2000 (or local currency equivalent) for financial donations and service.
• Up to 40 hours each year to use toward volunteer projects you love.