Principal Java Engineer

Who you are

• You have strong skills in core Java and C++ and are conversant in the standard library of data structures and concurrency constructs, as well as newer language features
• You have a deep technical proficiency in algorithms
• You have professional experience in leading the development of Machine Learning components
• You have shown your ability to understand and work on complex systems
• You demonstrate the ability to build and debug features with a broad impact, running on multiple machines
• You are able to own projects from beginning to end. This covers both technical design and working with others to develop needed components
• You have experience communicating with a variety of stakeholders
• Experience with the Elastic Stack
• Experience with Python / Go
• Open source experience

What the job involves

• We are on the lookout for a Principal Java Engineer II to join our Elasticsearch - ML Core team and help build and maintain the platform and components used for machine learning in Elasticsearch
• On the Java side this will involve maintaining and extending ML support in Elasticsearch, on the C++ side this will involve working on model performance optimizations
• You will help us to build the platform and components that enable customers to gain insight from their data
• This team builds and maintains the infrastructure that integrates advanced analytics and machine learning components into the distributed Elastic platform - making these available for our Search, Observability and Security Solutions
• This work will involve close collaboration with elasticsearch and enterprise search engineers
• Build and maintain Machine Learning and advanced analytical platform components
• Implement scalable, high quality, well-architected code
• Collaborate with other engineering teams within Elastic that build on our platform
• Assist our support engineers and community
• Promote knowledge sharing and collaboration in a distributed team

Benefits

• Toast to your health: Fully paid health coverage for you and your family, in many locations.
• Craft your calendar: Flexible location and schedule for most roles.
• Create space for you: Distributed by design workforce, plus generous number of vacation days each year.
• Embrace parenthood: Minimum of 16 weeks of parental leave, plus generous family formation benefits.
• Give back your time: 40 hours each year to use toward volunteering with organizations and causes you’re passionate about.
• Amplify your impact: Double your charitable giving — we match donations up to $1500 USD (or local currency equivalent).