Senior Software Engineer - Search Algorithms - Elasticsearch

<div class=&quot;content-intro&quot;><p>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. By taking advantage of all structured and unstructured data — securing and protecting private information more effectively — Elastic’s complete, cloud-based solutions for search, security, and observability help organizations deliver on the promise of AI.</p></div><h3><strong>What is The Role</strong></h3> <div class=&quot;p&quot; data-block=&quot;true&quot; data-editor=&quot;bhr51&quot; data-offset-key=&quot;fgplg-0-0&quot;> <div class=&quot;public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr&quot; data-offset-key=&quot;fgplg-0-0&quot;><span data-offset-key=&quot;fgplg-0-0&quot;><span data-text=&quot;true&quot;>We&#39;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. </span></span><span id=&quot;popover-trigger-:r1v:&quot; class=&quot;chakra-text css-bcri66&quot;><span data-offset-key=&quot;fgplg-1-0&quot;><span data-text=&quot;true&quot;>This technical leader is </span></span></span><span id=&quot;popover-trigger-:r21:&quot; class=&quot;chakra-text css-8zk7oi&quot;><span data-offset-key=&quot;fgplg-2-0&quot;><span data-text=&quot;true&quot;>responsible for</span></span></span><span id=&quot;popover-trigger-:r23:&quot; class=&quot;chakra-text css-bcri66&quot;><span data-offset-key=&quot;fgplg-3-0&quot;><span data-text=&quot;true&quot;> 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.</span></span></span></div> <div class=&quot;public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr&quot; data-offset-key=&quot;fgplg-0-0&quot;>&nbsp;</div> </div> <div class=&quot;p&quot; data-block=&quot;true&quot; data-editor=&quot;bhr51&quot; data-offset-key=&quot;21sim-0-0&quot;> <div class=&quot;public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr&quot; data-offset-key=&quot;21sim-0-0&quot;><span data-offset-key=&quot;21sim-0-0&quot;><span data-text=&quot;true&quot;>Our company is distributed by intention. We hire the best engineers we can find wherever they are, whoever they are. We collaborate across continents every day over email, GitHub, Zoom, and Slack. At our best, we write fast, scalable and intuitive software. We believe that the best way to do that is to </span></span><span id=&quot;popover-trigger-:r25:&quot; class=&quot;chakra-text css-1j6t0d7&quot;><span data-offset-key=&quot;21sim-1-0&quot;><span data-text=&quot;true&quot;>empower</span></span></span><span data-offset-key=&quot;21sim-2-0&quot;><span data-text=&quot;true&quot;> individual engineers, code review every change, </span></span><span id=&quot;popover-trigger-:r27:&quot; class=&quot;chakra-text css-1j6t0d7&quot;><span data-offset-key=&quot;21sim-3-0&quot;><span data-text=&quot;true&quot;>decide</span></span></span><span data-offset-key=&quot;21sim-4-0&quot;><span data-text=&quot;true&quot;> big things by consensus, and strive for incremental improvements.</span></span></div> </div> <h3><strong>What You Will Be Doing</strong></h3> <ul> <li class=&quot;public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-reset public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-listLTR&quot; data-block=&quot;true&quot; data-editor=&quot;bhr51&quot; data-offset-key=&quot;364fr-0-0&quot;> <div class=&quot;public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr&quot; data-offset-key=&quot;364fr-0-0&quot;><span data-offset-key=&quot;364fr-0-0&quot;><span data-text=&quot;true&quot;>Lead initiatives within Elasticsearch to produce an industry-leading search engine offering, supplying unparalleled </span></span><span id=&quot;popover-trigger-:r29:&quot; class=&quot;chakra-text css-1j6t0d7&quot;><span data-offset-key=&quot;364fr-1-0&quot;><span data-text=&quot;true&quot;>speed</span></span></span><span data-offset-key=&quot;364fr-2-0&quot;><span data-text=&quot;true&quot;> and relevance in search.</span></span></div> </li> <li class=&quot;public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-listLTR&quot; data-block=&quot;true&quot; data-editor=&quot;bhr51&quot; data-offset-key=&quot;14fk5-0-0&quot;> <div class=&quot;public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr&quot; data-offset-key=&quot;14fk5-0-0&quot;><span data-offset-key=&quot;14fk5-0-0&quot;><span data-text=&quot;true&quot;>Contribute to Elasticsearch full time, building new search features and fixing intriguing bugs, all while making the code easier to understand. Sometimes you&#39;ll need to invent a new algorithm or data structure. Or find one and implement it. Sometimes you&#39;ll need to get close to the operating system and hardware.</span></span></div> </li> <li class=&quot;public-DraftStyleDefault-unorderedListItem public-DraftStyleDefault-depth0 public-DraftStyleDefault-listLTR&quot; data-block=&quot;true&quot; data-editor=&quot;bhr51&quot; data-offset-key=&quot;fdtt-0-0&quot;> <div class=&quot;public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr&quot; data-offset-key=&quot;fdtt-0-0&quot;><span data-offset-key=&quot;fdtt-0-0&quot;><span data-text=&quot;true&quot;>Work with a globally distributed team of </span></span><span id=&quot;popover-trigger-:r2b:&quot; class=&quot;chakra-text css-1h4n5cs&quot;><span data-offset-key=&quot;fdtt-1-0&quot;><span data-text=&quot;true&quot;>experienced</span></span></…