Elastic, the Search AI Company, enables enterprises to find answers in real time across all data at scale. The Elastic Search AI Platform delivers precise search combined with AI to accelerate outcomes for more than half of the Fortune 500. We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join the Elasticsearch - Search Relevance team and help advance search relevance, including vector search capabilities and improvements to the search experience in Lucene. This globally distributed team collaborates across continents via email, GitHub, Zoom, and Slack, and we value fast, scalable, and intuitive software built by autonomous engineers who review each other's changes and implement thoughtful solutions.
Elastic, the Search AI Company, enables enterprises to find answers in real time across all data at scale. The Elastic Search AI Platform delivers precise search combined with AI to accelerate outcomes for more than half of the Fortune 500. We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join the Elasticsearch - Search Relevance team and help advance search relevance, including vector search capabilities and improvements to the search experience in Lucene. This globally distributed team collaborates across continents via email, GitHub, Zoom, and Slack, and we value fast, scalable, and intuitive software built by autonomous engineers who review each other's changes and implement thoughtful solutions.
What You Will Be Doing - Lead initiatives within Elasticsearch to deliver industry-leading search speed and relevance. - Contribute to Elasticsearch by building new search features, fixing bugs, and designing efficient algorithms or data structures. - Work with a distributed team focused on vector search capabilities. - Be an expert on Elasticsearch search relevance, driving improvements based on questions and instincts. - Collaborate with community members worldwide on issues and pull requests, triaging and handing off work as needed. - Write idiomatic modern Java; Elasticsearch is predominantly Java.
What You Bring - Professional experience with search or vector databases and relevant algorithms (e.g., HNSW, IVF) at scale. - Strong Java skills and familiarity with data structures, concurrency, and modern language features such as lambdas. - Ability to work autonomously, guide p
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What You Will Be Doing - Lead initiatives within Elasticsearch to deliver industry-leading search speed and relevance. - Contribute to Elasticsearch by building new search features, fixing bugs, and designing efficient algorithms or data structures. - Work with a distributed team focused on vector search capabilities. - Be an expert on Elasticsearch search relevance, driving improvements based on questions and instincts. - Collaborate with community members worldwide on issues and pull requests, triaging and handing off work as needed. - Write idiomatic modern Java; Elasticsearch is predominantly Java.
What You Bring - Professional experience with search or vector databases and relevant algorithms (e.g., HNSW, IVF) at scale. - Strong Java skills and familiarity with data structures, concurrency, and modern language features such as lambdas. - Ability to work autonomously, guide p
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