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# Senior Software Engineer at Elastic

Department: Platform - Elasticsearch

Compensation

$133,100 – $210,600/yr

**Type**
: Full-time

**Level**
: senior

**Posted**
: Mar 19, 2026

## Description

Elastic is hiring a Senior Software Engineer for its Elasticsearch Distributed Systems team to build and operate core components of a next-generation serverless Elasticsearch offering. The role focuses on distributed systems, consensus algorithms, concurrent and consistent indexing, cluster coordination, performance and stability, and operational investigations. Candidates should have strong distributed systems and consensus expertise, core Java skills, algorithmic proficiency, and experience building complex distributed systems. The role offers a base salary of $133,100–$210,600 USD, with higher ranges in select locations, plus stock participation and other benefits.

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