Principal Search Consulting Architect
Posted
$159,800 – $252,800 USD
Tech Stack
Responsibilities
- Translate highly complex business requirements into resilient, next-generation enterprise retrieval architectures built on distributed Elasticsearch environments.
- Lead the overarching technical strategy and design authority for high-stakes customer engagements, from node blueprinting to Index Lifecycle Management and cross-cluster replication.
- Design and operationalize cutting-edge semantic search architectures utilizing Elasticsearch’s native vector database capabilities.
- Profile, benchmark, and tune distributed search and indexing performance for ultra-high-QPS environments with aggressive sub-second SLAs.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with Elastic Product Management and Core Engineering to influence the Elasticsearch codebase roadmap and drive feature enhancement requests.
Soft Skills
Presentation SkillsStorytellingExecutive Communication
Benefits
- 401k
- Equity
- Health Insurance
- Flexible Hours
- Parental Leave
Culture
Remote WorkDiversityWork-Life BalanceFlexible HoursContinuous Technical Excellence
Requirements
Required: Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related quantitative field, or equivalent deep industry experience
Regions: Us
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About Elastic
Industry: saas
Size: large
Elastic, the Search AI Company, provides the Elastic Search AI Platform to enable real-time data search, security, and observability for businesses and people, used by over 50% of the Fortune 500.
View company profile →Compensation
Base salary: $159,800 – $252,800 USD
Equity: Eligible to participate in Elastic's stock program