Senior Java Developer (Elasticsearch)

TL;DR

Senior Java Developer (hirify.globalsearch): Building and optimizing high-scale distributed systems for the hirify.globalsearch platform with an accent on scale, performance, and resilience. Focus on improving concurrent indexing, cluster coordination, and managing petabytes of data across distributed nodes.

Location: Canada

Salary: $128,300—$203,000 CAD

Company

hirify.global is a Search AI company providing cloud-based solutions for search, security, and observability used by over 50% of the Fortune 500.

What you will do

• Improve components supporting concurrent and consistent indexing across multiple machines.
• Maintain the cluster coordination system to ensure high performance and system safety.
• Scale hirify.globalsearch to handle increasing numbers of shards, nodes, and petabytes of data.
• Diagnose and solve complex performance and concurrency issues.
• Collaborate with support engineers to resolve high-complexity technical problems.

Requirements

• Strong background in distributed systems and consensus algorithms.
• Expertise in core Java, including data structures and concurrency constructs.
• Deep technical proficiency in algorithms.
• Proven ability to build and debug features for highly distributed systems.
• Capability to own projects from technical design through to development.

Nice to have

• Experience with data stores.
• Knowledge of Search, analytics, and Lucene.
• Strong JDK knowledge.
• Experience with asynchronous event-driven network frameworks like Netty.

Culture & Benefits

• Competitive pay and participation in hirify.global's stock program.
• Health coverage for employees and their families in many locations.
• Flexible locations and schedules to balance professional and personal life.
• Generous annual vacation allowance.
• Company-matched financial donations up to $2000 and 40 hours of annual volunteer time.
• Minimum of 16 weeks of parental leave.