Software Engineer - OpenSearch

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Your role and responsibilities

DataStax is now part of IBM!   We are looking for talented software engineers to take on a critical role of adding OpenSearch capability on our Cloud and On-Premises AI PaaS. Even more exciting is that you will be working with and contributing back to Open Search projects similar to how we do with other open source projects such as Apache Cassandra and Apache Pulsar. Our aim is to build a one stop AI PaaS powered by capabilities of Langflow, Open Search and Apache Cassandra.   This is a hybrid role for San Jose, CA location.

What you will do:

• Develop new features, enhancements, and bug-fixes on DataStax AI PaaS, powered by Open Search, Apache Cassandra and Langflow
• Find innovative ways to do a bi-directional integration between Open Search and Apache Cassandra. 
• Collaborate extensively with internal teams and open source communities to innovate at speed.
• Model solid engineering practices around architectural design, testability, scalability and maintainability.
• Foster community growth through your involvement in the Open Search community.

Required technical and professional expertise

• Minimum of 7-9 years of relevant industry experience in Software Engineering
• Ability to iterate fast and make a tradeoff between quality and speed of delivery. 
• Substantial experience programming distributed and high throughput applications
• A deep knowledge of Java and JVM ecosystem of open source libraries and projects
• Deep understanding of algorithms, data structures and software design
• Strong coding skills with Java. Familiarity with Python and Golang will be an advantage.
• Comfortable handing problems related to concurrency and distributed computing
• Experience with at least one major public cloud providers

Preferred technical and professional experience

• Prior experience contributing to open source projects including but not limited to Open Search and ElasticSearch is highly desirable
• Experience with Go, Docker, and Kubernetes a plus

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