Principal Software Engineer - Query Engine, Database Internals - Elasticsearch

Elastic · United States

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Company
Elastic
Location
United States
Salary
$159,800 — $252,800
Posted
April 7, 2026

About this job

We're looking for a Principal Software Engineer to join the Elasticsearch - Analytical Engine team. This expert team of engineers is responsible for building new analytics capabilities in Elasticsearch’s completely new compute engine, and accessed via our new piped query language called ES|QL. This is a principle software engineering role that entails using your vast knowledge in this space in order to define, direct, and build the next generation of ES|QL capabilities. This role includes providing technical vision and direction for the customer/user interfaces and for the underlying language syntax and compute infrastructure. This role requires related past technical experience in addition to the ability to work cross-organization. Our company is distributed by intention.…

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