Principal Software Developer - Storage Engine - Elasticsearch is open at Elastic in Canada. The posting gives a salary of CA$154K - CA$244K. Posted on Jul 20, 2026, and still on Elastic’s careers page when we last checked, on Nov 14, 2026.
About the role
We're looking for a Principal Software Developer to join the Elasticsearch - Storage Engine team. This globally distributed, fully remote team of experienced engineers develops core storage and query technologies for observability workloads, including improving storage efficiency, advancing ES|QL query processing and performance, and optimizing data layouts for object storage. This role is responsible for driving…
The opening lines of the posting. The rest is on Elastic’s careers page.
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