Principal Software Engineer - Vector Search - Elasticsearch is open at Elastic in Ireland. The posting gives a salary of €103K - €162K. Posted on Aug 27, 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 Engineer to join the Elasticsearch - Search team. This globally-distributed team of expert engineers focuses on delivering a robust and feature-rich search experience, including contributing to improving the search experience in Lucene. This is a principal software engineering role that focuses on enhancing the vector similarity search functionality within Elasticsearch…
The opening lines of the posting. The rest is on Elastic’s careers page.
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