Elastic Search Engineer

Elastic Search Engineer (Software Engineer (T5)

Skill Category
- Required Skills

Technical Skills
- Search technologies (solr, elasticsearch, vector databases), JavaScript, Python, API development, Generative AI, Cloud architecture, Design patterns, Software architecture

Leadership Skills
- Team leadership, Mentoring, Guiding junior engineers, Technical leadership, Setting product priorities and roadmap

Soft Skills
- Communication (technical and non-technical), Dealing with ambiguity, Learning new technologies

Experience - 6-8 years of professional experience, 5+ years leading teams, Proven track record in technology solutions, Agile methods

Educational
- Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience

Primary Duties & Responsibilities

• Implements holistic solutions utilizing working relationships across the enterprise.
• Designs, organizes, and executes high impact solutions across teams both within and outside their division.
• Establishes, aggregates, and shares enterprise standards and best practices.
• Mentors and guides junior engineers within respective division.
• Ensures production stability, monitoring, and root cause analysis is executed for their products.
• Partners with business domain experts to set the product priorities and roadmap.
• Maintains and enhances product and technical documentation.
• Explores unfamiliar or emerging technologies that may apply to their product domain.
• Participates in regular meetings with outside vendors as a technical leader.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience.
• 6-8 years of professional experience required.
• 5+ years of experience leading teams using modern engineering tools, languages, and practices.
• Proven track record of successfully designing and delivering significant and impactful technology solutions.
• Experience developing and leading solution delivery using agile methods.
• Expert in one or more technologies:
  Search technologies (solr, elasticsearch, vector databases, etc.), JavaScript, Python, API development, Generative AI.
• Experience with Cloud architecture and technologies.
• Successfully deals with ambiguity.
• Recognized as the go-to expert within the division or department.
• Ability to effectively communicate to both technical and non-technical audiences in varying forms and levels of detail.
• Solid understanding of design patterns and software architecture.
• Aptitude for quickly learning new or unfamiliar technologies.