Senior Software Engineer in Warsaw

Elastic, the Search AI Company, enables everyone to find the answers they need in real time, using all their data, at scale — unleashing the potential of businesses and people. The Elastic Search AI Platform, used by more than 50% of the Fortune 500, brings together the precision of search and the intelligence of AI to enable everyone to accelerate the results that matter.

What is The Role:

We're looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join the Elasticsearch - Search Relevance team. This globally-distributed team of expert engineers focuses on delivering a robust and feature-rich search experience, including contributing to improving the search experience in Lucene. This technical leader is responsible for contributing to the technical direction and vision for our search capabilities, including design and implementation of new search features, enhancements to search functionality, and resolving bugs.

What You Will Be Doing:

• Lead initiatives within Elasticsearch to produce an industry-leading search engine offering, supplying unparalleled speed and relevance in search.
• Contribute to Elasticsearch full time, building new search features and fixing intriguing bugs, all while making the code easier to understand.
• Work with a globally distributed team of experienced engineers focused on the vector search capabilities of Elasticsearch.
• Be an expert on Elasticsearch search relevance and drive improvements in this area.
• Write idiomatic modern Java -- Elasticsearch is 99.8% Java!

What You Bring:

• Implemented novel techniques in vector similarity on a search platform with a large user base or progressed the field of academic research in vector similarity information retrieval.
• Professional experience with search or vector databases, using HNSW, IVF, or other relevant algorithms and libraries on search platforms at scale.
• Solid skills in core Java and familiarity with the standard library of data structures and concurrency constructs.
• Ability to work autonomously and guide projects from beginning to end.
• Experience with several data storage technologies like Elasticsearch, Solr, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, or Cassandra.
• Proven track record of using AI to accelerate development, debug complex systems, and optimize code.
• Ability to collaborate across functions and teams and transition between different projects based on business priorities.

Bonus Points:

• Experience building things with Elasticsearch.
• Familiarity with open source projects and different styles of source control workflow and continuous integration.
• Experience designing, leading, and owning cross-functional initiatives.

Additional Information - We Take Care of Our People:

• Competitive pay based on the work you do here and not your previous salary.
• Health coverage for you and your family in many locations.
• Ability to craft your calendar with flexible locations and schedules for many roles.
• Generous number of vacation days each year.
• Increase your impact - 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.
• Embracing parenthood with a minimum of 16 weeks of parental leave.

Security & Privacy Responsibilities:

• Take ownership of protecting the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of organizational data and systems.
• Ensure that all individual contributions follow Elastic’s Secure Software Development Framework (SSDF).
• Participate in mandatory role-based training to ensure personal technical execution aligns with the highest standards of data protection, data privacy, and system resilience.

Elastic is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to creating an inclusive culture that celebrates different perspectives, experiences, and backgrounds.