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.
The Elasticsearch team is in charge of building the core platform that powers search for Elastic’s customers and users for e-commerce, observability, SIEM, and more. This globally-distributed team of experienced engineers focuses on building search functionality in our new piped query language, ES|QL, advancing Lucene and Elasticsearch search relevance techniques to build the best vector database, and other relevance focused search enhancements - to highlighting, language analyzers, and more.
This is an experienced team lead role where you will be working with the team that delivers these search-focused enhancements to the Elasticsearch platform. You will participate in roadmap and project planning efforts and will have ownership for delivering it. You’ll be participating in project management efforts as the teams execute on plans together with the Tech Lead and Product Manager.
Engineering philosophy
We believe that engineering complex, pluggable software for the web that is built to last the test of time is both tricky and exciting. Doing so requires a team of diverse individuals, with sharp minds and the ability to empathize with our users, working together with mutual respect and a common mission.
We care deeply about giving you full ownership of what you're working on. Our company fundamentally believes great minds achieve greatness when they are set free and are surrounded and challenged by their peers, which is clearly visible throughout our organization. At Elastic, hierarchy does not determine how decisions get made. We feel that anyone needs to be in the position to comment on anything, regardless of their role within the company.
What you will be working on
- Manage, mentor and lead a globally distributed team of Java engineers working on search functionality within Elasticsearch.
- Lead the efficient delivery of search enhancements with regular releases of Elasticsearch, ensuring high quality and innovative feature development.
- Work with our product managers to define requirements.
- Foster a culture of mutual respect, collaboration and consensus based decision-making.
- Stay true to the principles of software development as adopted by our team.
- Build roadmaps and lead prioritization; balance the right amount of structure and planning for a fast-paced engineering team.
- Identify resource requirements and help drive recruitment of high quality colleagues.
- Support the development and training of direct reports through regular 1:1s and career conversations.
- Be a great person to work with, somebody who sincerely empathizes with others.
What you will bring along
- Experience leading distributed teams of software engineers
- Ability to work in a distributed team throughout the world.
- Strong communication skills, both verbal and written, with the ability to drive conversations across multiple teams to a conclusion.
- Previous experience working with stakeholders outside of Engineering.
- You know and care about writing performant software and have traced and fixed performance issues yourself.
- Ability to work in a fast paced environment.
- Ability to work independently.
Bonus points for
- Significant experience as a hands-on software engineer so you understand the core principles of the engineering work that is going on in your team.
- Experience working in Lucene or Solr.
- Open Source experience.
- Prior professional exposure to Elasticsearch.
- Hands-on experience with Docker and Kubernetes.
Compensation for this role is in the form of base salary. This role does not have a variable compensation component.
The typical starting salary range for new hires in this role is listed below. In select locations (including Seattle WA, Los Angeles CA, the San Francisco Bay Area CA, and the New York City Metro Area), an alternate range may apply as specified below.
These ranges represent the lowest to highest salary we reasonably and in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range, and the ranges may be modified in the future.
An employee's position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, performance, and business or organizational needs.
Elastic believes that employees should have the opportunity to share in the value that we create together for our shareholders. Therefore, in addition to cash compensation, this role is currently eligible to participate in Elastic's stock program. Our total rewards package also includes a company-matched 401k with dollar-for-dollar matching up to 6% of eligible earnings, along with a range of other benefits offered with a holistic emphasis on employee well-being.
The typical starting salary range for this role is:
$133,100—$210,600 USD
The typical starting salary range for this role in the select locations listed above is:
$159,900—$252,900 USD
As a distributed company, diversity drives our identity. Whether you’re looking to launch a new career or grow an existing one, Elastic is the type of company where you can balance great work with great life. Your age is only a number. It doesn’t matter if you’re just out of college or your children are; we need you for what you can do.
We strive to have parity of benefits across regions and while regulations differ from place to place, we believe taking care of our people is the right thing to do.
- 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 minimum of 16 weeks of parental leave
Different people approach problems differently. We need that. Elastic is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law, ordinance or regulation.
We welcome individuals with disabilities and strive to create an accessible and inclusive experience for all individuals. To request an accommodation during the application or the recruiting process, please email [email protected] We will reply to your request within 24 business hours of submission.
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