Principal Software Engineer, Core Search & Indexing

Elastic, the Search AI Company, seeks a Principal Software Developer to lead the Elasticsearch - Search Infra team. You will define the technical direction, shape the roadmap, and drive core search capabilities across indexing, retrieval, and relevance.

You’ll collaborate with partners and product teams, mentor engineers, and own end-to-end delivery of large-scale search systems, leveraging your deep experience with Java and modern data structures to optimize performance and reliability.