HOP Senior ElasticSearch Engineer at SPACE44 GmbH

SPACE44 is a Service Provider for Software Development and builds offshore teams for customers in Europe and the USA. Although working distributed it is SPACE44’s philosophy to feel you part of a team with a strong team culture and support. We are a young team without hierarchies and dress codes - be yourself - authentic and honest - working like friends.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: HOP Senior ElasticSearch Engineer

Location: Lagos (Remote)
Job type: Contract

Description

• We are looking for a ElasticSearch engineer with significant experience working with large ElasticSearch clusters.
• This role will be responsible for resolving production issues, cluster performance optimization, capacity planning, enhancing monitoring capabilities for early issue detection, driving operational readiness and ongoing maintenance.
• SPACE44 is a Service Provider for Software Development and builds offshore teams for customers in Europe and the USA.
• Although working distributed it is SPACE44’s philosophy to feel you are onboarded in a team with a strong team culture and support. We are a young team without hierarchies and dress codes - be yourself - authentic and honest - working like friends.
• This client is based South of Los Angeles and building a new Social Media platform.
• The first beta version launching soon is trying to challenge Facebook and other new Social Media. We are support this ambitious Startup with a strong Remote Team.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement ELK (ElasticSearch, Logstash and Kibana) stack solutions
• Create and manage Elasticsearch Clusters on premise.
• Fine tune bulk load process.
• Provide Elastic Search tuning/optimizing based on application needs.
• Be familiar working with .Net tech stack
• Create Dashboard on KPIs
• Contribute to team design discussions with detailed technical information
• Develop code with quality, scalability and extensibility
• Provide work breakdown and estimates for complex software development tasks
• Identify strategic/tactical solutions and provides risk assessments and recommendations

Tech Stack:

• ELK Stack, ELK Data Migration
• Double Metaphone, Synonym Libraries

Requirements

• BSc in Computer Science, Engineering or relevant field
• 5+ years as a Data Engineer
• 2+ years of ElasticSearch experience in production, in medium to large clusters
• Deep working knowledge of and proven experience with Elasticsearch and Kibana
• Experience building ElasticCluster
• Experience configuring and performance tuning large clusters
• Strong understanding of Elasticsearch Full Text Content Indexing and Search
• Advanced knowledge of Elasticsearch sharing, partitioning, aliases, watchers, etc.
• Experience working in DevOps structured and Agile organizations
• Excellent communication skills with minimum B2+ English
• Outstanding analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to work in a distributed and international, English speaking team

Benefits

• Learning in a young and innovative team distributed all over the globe
• Innovative projects of small to medium-sized clients, non-corporate and non-insurance
• Excellent work-life balance with SPACE44 defending your interests to the client
• "Employment-like" Freelancing with longterm assignments 6 month+
• Very structured Onboarding & HR management with continuous support
• Half-yearly feedback reviews and your personal development plan
• Your desired hourly rate with regular raises.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.