Principal Software Engineer (Elasticsearch)

TL;DR

Principal Software Engineer (hirify.globalsearch): Defining and building the next generation of search infrastructure for the hirify.global Search AI Platform with an accent on indexing, retrieval, and relevance. Focus on researching advances in search infrastructure and optimizing high-performance Java systems for large-scale data.

Location: Remote / Global (Greece mentioned as a location, but company hires globally)

Salary: €73,300 — €115,900 EUR

Company

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

What you will do

• Define and lead the evolution of core search and indexing capabilities.
• Research advances in search infrastructure, data structures, and retrieval algorithms to ensure efficiency.
• Collaborate with product teams to shape the long-term technical vision for search at hirify.global.
• Drive an innovative roadmap for indexing, query execution, and relevance layers.
• Mentor expert engineers, providing technical and professional guidance.
• Serve as a domain authority for core hirify.globalsearch components, continuously improving them.

Requirements

• Proven experience leading technical projects in search infrastructure and distributed systems.
• Hands-on expertise with search and indexing technologies such as hirify.globalsearch, Lucene, or Solr.
• Strong proficiency in core Java, including advanced data structures, concurrency constructs, and lambdas.
• Ability to work with a high level of autonomy from project concept to completion.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills for collaborating across distributed teams.
• Must comply with export controls; candidates from sanctioned regions (including Russia and Belarus) may require an export license.

Nice to have

• Prior experience building production systems with hirify.globalsearch.
• Experience contributing to open source projects and familiarity with various CI/CD workflows.

Culture & Benefits

• Competitive pay based on role complexity and market benchmarks.
• Flexible locations and schedules to support a distributed work-life balance.
• Generous annual vacation allowance.
• Health coverage for employees and their families in many locations.
• Corporate social responsibility: up to $2000 matching for donations and 40 hours of annual volunteer time.
• Inclusive parental leave with a minimum of 16 weeks.