Principal Software Developer - Query Engine, Database Internals - Elasticsearch

Elastic
Canada
Workplace: RemoteFull timeCAD 154,000 - 243,600 annuallyFunction: Software EngineeringSkills: ["Technical leadership","Mentoring","Communication","Autonomy","Cross-team collaboration"]

Define, lead, and contribute to data-intensive enhancements for Elasticsearch’s Analytical Engine and ES|QL, shaping both the user-facing experience and the underlying language syntax and compute infrastructure. Research advanced data structures, algorithms, and analytics capabilities, then partner with product teams and API solution groups to deliver a strategic, long-term roadmap. Serve as an authority across key areas, improving systems based on deep expertise in search, analytics, and core Java engineering.

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Principal Software Developer - Query Engine, Database Internals - Elasticsearch

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Job Summary

Define, lead, and contribute to data-intensive enhancements for Elasticsearch’s Analytical Engine and ES|QL, shaping both the user-facing experience and the underlying language syntax and compute infrastructure. Research advanced data structures, algorithms, and analytics capabilities, then partner with product teams and API solution groups to deliver a strategic, long-term roadmap. Serve as an authority across key areas, improving systems based on deep expertise in search, analytics, and core Java engineering.
Location: Canada
Workplace: Remote
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering
Seniority: Sr. Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Define, lead, and contribute to development of data-intensive enhancements for Elasticsearch’s Analytical Engine and ES|QL.
  • •Research and apply industry features, data structures, and algorithms to build capabilities for Elasticsearch users.
  • •Partner with product teams and partners to understand needs and set a strategic long-term vision and roadmap.
  • •Improve and advance areas where you become an authority, addressing questions and driving changes based on expertise and instincts.
  • •Collaborate across user experience and customer-facing solution teams, leveraging modern Java to deliver fast, scalable, intuitive software.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: CAD 154,000 - 243,600 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:Health InsuranceRrsp MatchingPaid LeaveParental LeaveVolunteer Time

Key Requirements

  • •Lead technical projects in data and enterprise architecture areas, with experience building and running sophisticated technical infrastructures and sound engineering systems.
  • •Define and drive a long-term technical vision and roadmap across teams and organizations for a data-intensive application.
  • •Mentor expert engineers and provide both technical and professional guidance.
  • •Have hands-on experience with search and analytics APIs (e.g., Splunk SPL, Elasticsearch, Datadog, Dynatrace, New Relic).
  • •Build with core Java and be strong in data structures, concurrency, and performance optimization, including newer language features like lambdas.
Experience:Enterprise architectureSearch and analyticsDistributed systemsOpen sourceAI-assisted development
Skills:Technical leadershipMentoringCommunicationAutonomyCross-team collaboration
Tech Stack:JavaES|QLElasticsearchGitHubZoomSlackSplunk SPLDatadogDynatraceNew RelicSolrPostgreSQLMongoDBCassandraLambdasAPIs

Company Brief

Elastic
Builds the Elastic Stack (Elasticsearch, Kibana, Beats, Logstash) and provides search, observability, and security solutions that enable organizations to search, analyze, and protect data in real time across applications, infrastructure, and enterprises.
Industry: Data Infrastructure
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Founded: 2012
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