Senior Java Engineer - Distributed Systems - Elasticsearch

ABOUT THE ROLE We're seeking a highly skilled Senior Java Engineer to join our Elasticsearch - Distributed Systems team at Elastic. As a key member of this team, you will focus on ensuring Elasticsearch provides scale, performance, and resilience. This involves improving the components that support concurrent and consistent indexing across multiple machines, maintaining the cluster coordination system, and pushing the limits of the number of shards, nodes, and petabytes that Elasticsearch can handle. WHAT YOU'LL DO As a Senior Java Engineer, you will be responsible for: - Improving Elasticsearch's components that support concurrent and consistent indexing across multiple machines - Maintaining our cluster coordination system to ensure high performance even when nodes come and go from the cluster and data moves around - Pushing the limits of the number of shards, nodes, and petabytes that Elasticsearch can handle - Investigating and proposing solutions for performance or concurrency issues - Supporting our support engineers with complex problems WHAT YOU'LL NEED To succeed in this role, you will need: - A strong background in distributed systems and consensus algorithms - Strong skills in core Java, including the standard library of data structures and concurrency constructs, as well as newer language features - A deep technical proficiency in algorithms - The ability to understand and work on complex, highly distributed systems - The ability to build and debug features with a broad impact, running on multiple machines - Experience owning projects from beginning to end, including technical design and collaboration with others WHY REMOTE As a distributed company, we value diversity and flexibility. We strive to create an inclusive culture that celebrates different perspectives, experiences, and backgrounds. Our remote work environment allows you to balance great work with great life, and we offer a range of benefits to support your well-being. BENEFITS - Competitive base salary - Health coverage for you and your family in many locations - Flexible schedule and location options - Generous number of vacation days each year - Opportunity to increase your impact through financial donations and volunteer projects - Up to 40 hours each year to use toward volunteer projects you love - Embracing parenthood with minimum of 16 weeks of parental leave - Equal opportunity employer committed to creating an inclusive culture that celebrates different perspectives, experiences, and backgrounds