Principal Software Developer - Performance Tuning - Elasticsearch
- Canada
- Remote
- Posted Aug 27, 2026
- 1 position
$154,000–$243,600 / year
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- Employment type
- Full-time
- Experience level
- Lead · 10+ years
- Posting language
- English
- Working hours
- 40 hours per week
Job summary
Lead architectural and code-level performance engineering initiatives to optimize Elasticsearch performance and predictability. Develop foundational performance models, drive automation for benchmarking, and mentor other engineers to foster a performance-aware development culture.
Job details
Lead architectural and code-level performance engineering initiatives to optimize Elasticsearch performance and predictability. Develop foundational performance models, drive automation for benchmarking, and mentor other engineers to foster a performance-aware development culture. Requires deep knowledge of Java internals, JVM memory management, and distributed systems architecture. Proven experience in profiling, benchmarking, and optimizing large-scale enterprise codebases is essential.
What you’ll do
Lead architectural and code-level performance engineering initiatives to optimize Elasticsearch performance and predictability. Develop foundational performance models, drive automation for benchmarking, and mentor other engineers to foster a performance-aware development culture.
Requirements
Requires deep knowledge of Java internals, JVM memory management, and distributed systems architecture. Proven experience in profiling, benchmarking, and optimizing large-scale enterprise codebases is essential.
Benefits
- Stock program
- Company-matched Registered Retirement Savings Plan
- Health coverage
- Flexible schedules
- Paid vacation
- Donation matching
- Volunteer time off
- Parental leave
Listed skills
- Java · Preferred
Other relevant skills
Identified from the job description. Confirm important requirements above.
- Java
- JVM memory management
- Concurrency models
- Performance engineering
- Distributed systems
- Profiling
- Benchmarking
- JMH
- Flamegraphs
- Rally
- Vector search
- Elasticsearch
- System architecture
- Automation
- Mentoring
Job areas
- Software
- Technology
- Engineering
- Data & Analytics
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