Senior Elasticsearch Developer - Analytics Dashboard Platform

About the Role

We're seeking an experienced Elasticsearch consultant to architect and implement a high-performance analytics dashboard solution that will transform how our organization delivers self-service BI capabilities. This is a critical infrastructure initiative that will sit alongside our existing Oracle data warehouse, enabling sub-second query performance for interactive dashboards and ad-hoc analytics.

What You'll Do

Architecture & Design

• Design a scalable Elasticsearch cluster architecture optimized for analytical workloads and dashboard queries
• Define data modeling strategies that balance query performance, storage efficiency, and update patterns
• Architect the integration layer between our Oracle data warehouse and Elasticsearch, including CDC/ETL pipelines
• Establish index design patterns, sharding strategies, and data lifecycle management policies

Implementation & Integration

• Build robust data ingestion pipelines from Oracle to Elasticsearch with appropriate transformation logic
• Implement search and aggregation queries optimized for dashboard performance
• Develop monitoring and observability solutions for cluster health and query performance
• Create comprehensive documentation covering architecture decisions, operational procedures, and best practices

Performance & Optimization

• Tune cluster configurations, index settings, and query patterns for ultra-fast response times
• Implement caching strategies and query optimization techniques
• Conduct load testing and capacity planning to ensure production readiness
• Establish performance benchmarks and SLAs for dashboard response times

What You Bring

Required Experience

• 8 years of hands-on experience with Elasticsearch in production environments, particularly for analytics use cases
• Proven track record designing and implementing Elasticsearch solutions that support interactive dashboards and BI tools
• Deep understanding of Elasticsearch internals: inverted indices, segment merging, scoring algorithms, and aggregation frameworks
• Strong experience with data pipeline design, including ETL/ELT patterns and change data capture
• Expertise in performance tuning, capacity planning, and troubleshooting production Elasticsearch clusters
• Experience integrating Elasticsearch with traditional data warehouses (Oracle)

Technical Skills

• Expert-level knowledge of Elasticsearch Query DSL, aggregations, and search APIs
• Strong understanding of distributed systems concepts: sharding, replication, consistency models
• Experience with infrastructure as code (Terraform preferred) and cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
• Solid SQL skills and understanding of relational data modeling concepts
• Familiarity with BI/visualization tools (Tableau, React UI Dashboards or similar)

Highly Valued

• Experience with financial services or regulated industry data
• Background working with Oracle databases and understanding of Oracle-specific features
• Knowledge of real-time analytics architectures and streaming data patterns
• Experience with Elasticsearch security features, including RBAC and field-level security

• Familiarity with machine learning capabilities in Elasticsearch
  
  Compensation, Benefits and Duration

  Minimum Compensation: USD 32,000
  
  Maximum Compensation: USD 113,000
  
  Compensation is based on actual experience and qualifications of the candidate. The above is a reasonable and a good faith estimate for the role.
  
  Medical, vision, and dental benefits, 401k retirement plan, variable pay/incentives, paid time off, and paid holidays are available for full time employees.
  
  This position is not available for independent contractors
  
  No applications will be considered if received more than 120 days after the date of this post