[Remote] Principal Software Engineer I - Distributed Systems - Elasticsearch

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Elastic, the Search AI Company, enables everyone to find the answers they need in real time using all their data at scale. They are seeking a Principal Software Engineer I to join their Elasticsearch - Distributed Systems team, focusing on improving Elasticsearch's performance, resilience, and data indexing across distributed systems.ResponsibilitiesImproving Elasticsearch’s components that support concurrent and consistent indexing across multiple machinesMaintaining our cluster coordination system to keep performance high even though nodes come and go from the cluster and data moves around, while maintaining the safety and liveness properties of the system as a wholePushing the limits on the number of shards, nodes, and petabytes that Elasticsearch can handle todayLooking into all kinds of issues, including performance or concurrency issues, and proposing solutionsSupporting our support engineers with the harder problemsSkillsA strong background in distributed systems and consensus algorithmsYou have strong skills in core Java and are conversant in the standard library of data structures and concurrency constructs, as well as newer language featuresYou have a deep technical proficiency in algorithmsYou have shown your ability to understand and work on complex, highly distributed systemsYou demonstrate the ability to build and debug features with a broad impact, running on multiple machinesYou are able to own projects from beginning to end. This covers both technical design and working with others to develop needed componentsYou have experience managing projects involving multiple engineersData storesSearch, analytics, LuceneStrong knowledge of the JDKAsynchronous event-driven network frameworks such as NettyBenefitsElastic's stock programCompany-matched 401k with dollar-for-dollar matching up to 6% of eligible earningsCompetitive pay based on the work you do here and not your previous salaryHealth coverage for you and your family in many locationsAbility to craft your calendar with flexible locations and schedules for many rolesGenerous number of vacation days each yearWe match up to $2000 (or local currency equivalent) for financial donations and serviceUp to 40 hours each year to use toward volunteer projects you loveMinimum of 16 weeks of parental leaveCompany OverviewElastic builds software to make data usable in real time and at scale for search, logging, security, and analytics use cases. It was founded in 2012, and is headquartered in Mountain View, California, USA, with a workforce of 1001-5000 employees. Its website is https://www.elastic.co.Company H1B SponsorshipElastic has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 1 in 2024, 2 in 2022, 1 in 2021. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.