Senior Software Developer – Vector Search, Elasticsearch

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🇨🇦 Canada – Remote

💵 $128.3k - $203k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🧑‍💻 Full-stack Engineer

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Elastic is a skilled consulting partner specializing in cloud technologies, particularly with Amazon Web Services (AWS). They help businesses design, build, and secure public cloud migrations and environments, offering services in cloud migration, optimization, and security. With over a decade of experience and AWS-certified experts, Elastic aims to simplify the complexities of public cloud for their clients, ensuring smooth digital transformations.

📋 Description

• Lead initiatives within Elasticsearch to produce an industry-leading search engine with speed and relevance • Build new search features, fix bugs, and make code easier to understand • Invent or implement algorithms and data structures • Work close to the operating system and hardware when needed • Collaborate with a globally distributed team focused on Elasticsearch vector search capabilities • Identify and drive improvements in Elasticsearch search relevance • Work with worldwide community members on issues and pull requests, including triage and handoffs • Write idiomatic modern Java

🎯 Requirements

• Implemented novel techniques in vector similarity on a search platform with a large user base or advanced academic research in vector similarity information retrieval • Professional experience with search or vector databases • Used HNSW, IVF, or other relevant algorithms and libraries on search platforms at scale • Solid skills in core Java, including standard data structures, concurrency constructs, and lambdas • Ability to work autonomously and guide projects from beginning to end • Experience collaborating on code, approaches, and APIs, including internet-based or asynchronous collaboration • Experience with data storage technologies such as Elasticsearch, Solr, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, or Cassandra • Proven track record using AI to accelerate development, debug complex systems, and optimize code while owning outcomes • Ability to collaborate across functions and teams and transition between projects, codebases, or teams • Ability to drive decisions and results in a distributed team through asynchronous, direct, and transparent communication

🏖️ Benefits

• Elastic stock program • Company-matched Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) with dollar-for-dollar matching up to 6% of eligible earnings • Health coverage for you and your family in many locations • Flexible locations and schedules for many roles • Generous number of vacation days each year • Matching up to $2000 (or local currency equivalent) for financial donations and service • Up to 40 hours each year for volunteer projects • Minimum of 16 weeks of parental leave • Competitive pay based on the work performed, not previous salary

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