Elasticsearch - Senior Java Engineer - Distributed Systems

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Responsibilities

  • Designing and implementing new features for Logstash and its plugins in Java and JRuby.
  • Maintaining, updating, and improving existing code and dependencies while ensuring automated test coverage.
  • Adding new features and making contributions to the OpenTelemetry Collector.
  • Engaging with multiple public GitHub repositories and community forums.
  • Providing Pull Request reviews and guidance to peers.
  • Caring for the needs of users and enterprise customers.
  • Collaborating with other teams to drive product goals.
  • Working together with the support organization to assist customers.

Requirements

  • Ability to work in a remote-first environment with excellent verbal and written communication.
  • Critical thinking, positivity, autonomy, and adaptability.
  • A track record of developing distributed applications, preferably in Java and/or Ruby, with a willingness to learn additional languages.
  • Experience with test-driven development and/or software delivery, backed by comprehensive testing, continuous integration, and automation.
  • Experience in back-end distributed application development (cloud, orchestration, Linux/Windows services, etc.).
  • Knowledge of stream processing platforms (such as Kafka), database technologies (e.g., Postgres or MySQL), and network technologies (e.g., TCP, UDP, and HTTP).
  • 5+ years of industry experience.

Nice-to-haves

  • Hands-on experience with Docker and Kubernetes.
  • Exposure to the Elastic stack.
  • Go development.
  • Open source software development.
  • Experience with or interest in OpenTelemetry.

Benefits

  • 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 a minimum of 16 weeks of parental leave.
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