Senior Software Engineer - Storage Engine - Elasticsearch

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. WHAT IS THE ROLE We're looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join the Elasticsearch - Storage Engine team.  This globally distributed, fully remote team of experienced engineers develops core storage and query technologies for observability workloads, including improving storage efficiency, advancing ES|QL query processing and performance, and optimizing data layouts for object storage. This role is responsible for designing, implementing, and optimizing Elasticsearch's core storage and query engine. The ideal candidate has experience building high-performance, scalable database, search, or distributed systems, with a strong focus on storage, indexing, query execution, and performance optimization. Our company is distributed by intention. We hire the best engineers we can find wherever they are, whoever they are. We collaborate across continents every day over email, GitHub, Zoom, and Slack. At our best, we write fast, scalable, intuitive and high-quality software. We believe that the best way to do that is to empower individual engineers, code review every change, decide big things by consensus, and strive for incremental improvements. WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING * Lead the architectural evolution of core storage engine components, continuously identifying and resolving performance bottlenecks in indexing layouts, serialization formats, and resource utilization. * Lead cross organizational initiatives to drive and build industry-leading observability solutions. * Work with a globally distributed team of experienced engineers focused on the logs and metrics capabilities of Elasticsearch. * Drive continuous operational and system improvements by introducing best practices for clean coding standards, demystifying complex system behaviors, untangling complexity to bring architectural clarity across the platform. * Serve as a subject matter expert (SME) across key areas of Elasticsearch, acting as a trusted technical advisor and mentor to the wider engineering organization. * Work with a global community to triage, resolve, and review issues and pull requests, collaborating with domain experts as needed. * Write idiomatic modern Java -- Elasticsearch is 99.8% Java! WHAT YOU BRING * You possess the ability to collaborate across functions and teams and seamlessly transition between different projects, codebases, or teams based on business priorities * You work autonomously and can drive decisions and results in a distributed team by leveraging asynchronous, direct, and transparent communication. * You have a proven track record of using AI to accelerate development, debug complex systems, and optimize code, while still owning the final outcomes. * You bring a prompt-engineering mindset to know how to leverage AI agents effectively, using sound engineering judgment to validate results and recognize its limitations. * You have implemented novel techniques to efficiently index, store, and query time-series or logs data. * You have experience with one or more data storage technologies like Elasticsearch, Solr, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, or Prometheus and have some idea how they work and why they work that way. * You have strong core Java skills, a deep understanding of its concurrency primitives, with a proven ability to design and optimize efficient data structures and algorithms. * You excel in a collaborative environment, actively participate in technical discussions, and work effectively across distributed teams. Because it's the best way we know how to build software. * You have excellent verbal and written communication skills and collaborate with respect, empathy, and professionalism in a distributed team. BONUS POINTS * You've built things with Elasticsearch before. * You've worked with open source projects and are familiar with different styles of source control workflow and continuous integration. * You’ve worked on data storage technology. * You have experience designing, leading, and owning cross-functional initiatives. * You have past working experience with database, search engine, OS, or cloud service development. Compensation for this role is in the form of base salary.  This role does not have a variable compensation component.   At Elastic, our compensation philosophy aims to provide fair, competitive and transparent remuneration. Salary ranges are established based on a combination of external market benchmarks, internal pay equity considerations, and the responsibilities and complexity associated with each role. This approach helps ensure consistency across comparable roles while remaining competitive within the relevant labour markets. The final compensation offered within the applicable range will be determined based on several objective factors, including relevant professional experience, level of skills and expertise, alignment with the role requirements, and the overall scope and complexity of the position. The typical starting salary range for this role is: 791.300 kr—1.251.700 kr NOK ADDITIONAL INFORMATION - WE TAKE CARE OF OUR PEOPLE 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 employer and is committed to creating an inclusive culture that celebrates different perspectives, experiences, and backgrounds. 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 candidate_accessibility@elastic.co. We will reply to your request within 24 business hours of submission. 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Company Description At Amwell, we’re transforming healthcare for all—powered by technology and inspired by people. Here, your ideas don’t just matter—they drive real change, improving lives on a global scale. We marry technology and innovation with clinical excellence to provide trusted solutions that solve the healthcare industry’s biggest pain points and are on a mission to enable greater access to more convenient, affordable, and effective care. We do this through our technology-enabled care platform that is designed to help our clients achieve their digital care ambitions – today and in the future. We offer programs spanning the full care continuum, including urgent, acute and specialty care, behavioral health, and services for the treatment of chronic conditions such as heart and cardiometabolic diseases. Programs are powered by Amwell as well as our growing partner network. For almost two decades, Amwell has proudly served some of the largest and most sophisticated healthcare organizations in the U.S. and worldwide. Our team is passionate about technology’s role in transforming care delivery and making it more equitable, accessible, efficient, cost-effective and navigable for all. Brief Overview  Senior Systems Engineer is an exciting and important role within the Engineering Architecture team at Amwell. The Systems Engineering team supports key infrastructure within Amwell’s data center and cloud environments. Team members work hands-on to support hardware, virtualization platforms, operating systems, and shared network services like storage, mail, monitoring, DNS, identity management, and configuration management. This role places a strong emphasis on infrastructure automation, operational tooling, and scalable systems management. The ideal candidate is passionate about reducing operational complexity through scripting, Infrastructure-as-Code, and automation-driven engineering practices across cloud and on-premise platforms. Amwell systems support Telehealth services used to enable healthcare visits for thousands of patients and providers across the United States and abroad.   Core Responsibilities  * Support production systems on platforms such as ESXi, Azure, AWS, and GCP * Utilize configuration management tools for scalable and repeatable systems management including Ansible and Puppet * Design, develop, and maintain automation frameworks, scripts, and operational tooling to improve scalability, reliability, and operational efficiency across infrastructure and platform services. * Configure, maintain, patch, and troubleshoot Linux operating systems with basic knowledge of Windows operating systems * Ensure compliance with security and data handling policies to meet PCI, HIPAA, and other standards * Develop and maintain Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) solutions using tools such as Terraform, Ansible, and Puppet to support repeatable and standardized deployments. * Collaborate with peers as an accountable and supportive member of Amwell technology teams * Participate in 24/7 call rotation and scheduled maintenance tasks   Qualifications * 5 or more years of experience managing Linux based systems, certifications a plus * Strong experience with Infrastructure-as-Code and configuration management technologies including Terraform, Ansible, Puppet, or similar automation frameworks. * Build automation workflows for system provisioning, patch management, monitoring, configuration management, incident response, and operational remediation. * Experience with on-prem and cloud based virtualization platform compute and storage, such as ESXi, Azure, AWS and GCP * Experience with Elasticsearch/Logstash/Kibana analytics engine (ELK Stack) * Experience managing Identity and Authentication solutions including LDAP, Active Directory, and Multi-Factor Authentication * Strong scripting and software development skills using languages such as Python, Bash, or PowerShell, with experience building reusable automation tooling and operational integrations in hybrid cloud and on-premise environments. * Experience developing monitoring, alerting, and self-healing automation solutions. * Solid foundation of TCP/IP networking concepts * Experience supporting large-scale production environments with an automation-first operational mindset.   Do Well. Live Well. At Amwell.  Driven by our mission and values, we foster a workplace where Delivering Awesome, being Customer First and operating as One Team aren’t just aspirations – they are how we work, every day.   Our people are our greatest asset. We strive to empower their growth and development not only as Amwellians but as individuals, through generous total rewards packages, a virtual-first work environment, work-life flexibility, including Summer Fridays and designated Mental Health Days, as well as opportunities to stretch and learn – to name a few. It’s our people who truly differentiate us. Ask anyone and they’ll tell you – you’ll never work with more passionate, more driven and more caring team members.     We champion a culture of respect and inclusion, accountability and integrity, innovation and collaboration. At Amwell, you’ll do the most meaningful work of your career—improving healthcare for millions, growing alongside incredible teammates, and being valued for who you are.   Benefits  * Flexible Personal Time Off (Vacation time) * 401K match * Competitive healthcare, dental and vision insurance plans * Paid Parental Leave (Maternity and Paternity leave) * Employee Stock Purchase Program * Free access to Amwell’s Telehealth Services, SilverCloud and The Clinic by Cleveland Clinic’s second opinion program * Free Subscription to the Calm App * Tuition Assistance Program * Pet Insurance  Salaried, Exempt Roles The typical base salary range for this position is $129,330 - $140,000  The actual salary offer will ultimately depend on multiple factors including, but not limited to, knowledge, skills, relevant education, experience, complexity or specialization of talent, and other objective factors.  In addition to base salary, this role may be eligible for an annual bonus based on a combination of company performance and employee performance. Long-term incentive and short-term variable compensation may be offered as part of the compensation package dependent on the role. Some roles may be commission based, in which case the total compensation will be based on a commission and the above range may not be an accurate representation of total compensation. Further, the above range is subject to change based on market demands and operational needs and does not constitute a promise of a particular wage or a guarantee of employment. Your recruiter can share more during the hiring process about the specific salary range based on the above factors listed.   https://business.amwell.com/company/privacy-notice-applicants     Privacy Notice