# Elasticsearch

Skill · Databases

Canonical page: https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/elasticsearch

Elasticsearch is a distributed, open-source search and analytics engine built on Apache Lucene, designed to store and query large volumes of structured and unstructured data quickly. Developers and data engineers use it to power full-text search, log analytics, and real-time data exploration in applications and dashboards. It forms the core component of the Elastic Stack (ELK) alongside Logstash and Kibana.

## Elasticsearch in the job market

- Open roles: 68
- Employers hiring: 35
- Median stated pay: $178,000 (middle half $150,000 – $207,000), from 53 of 68 open roles — the 78% that publish a range, annualized to USD. Only some employers state pay, and the ones that do skew to California and New York, where the law requires it.
- Last checked: September 13, 2026

## Asked for alongside Elasticsearch

Measured from the 68 open roles that name Elasticsearch, not from a curated list.

- [Amazon Web Services (AWS)](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/amazon-web-services-aws) — 36 roles (52.9%)
- [Java](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/java) — 34 roles (50.0%)
- [Python](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/python) — 34 roles (50.0%)
- [Kubernetes](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/kubernetes) — 32 roles (47.1%)
- [Go](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/go) — 29 roles (42.6%)
- [Apache Kafka](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/apache-kafka) — 24 roles (35.3%)
- [PostgreSQL](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/postgresql) — 21 roles (30.9%)
- [Docker](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/docker) — 19 roles (27.9%)

## Seniority of these roles

- Entry: 9 (14%)
- Mid: 12 (18%)
- Senior: 37 (56%)
- Lead / Staff / Principal: 8 (12%)

From 66 roles whose posting states a level.

## Where Elasticsearch roles are

- [New York, NY](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/in/new-york-ny) — 13
- [San Francisco, CA](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/in/san-francisco-ca) — 3
- [Sunnyvale, CA](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/in/sunnyvale-ca) — 3
- [Chicago, IL](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/in/chicago-il) — 2
- [Dayton, OH](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/in/dayton-oh) — 2
- [Mountain View, CA](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/in/mountain-view-ca) — 2

Among the 39 of 68 open roles we could place on a map.

## Roles that use Elasticsearch

- [Software Engineer](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/software-engineer) — 46
- [Engineering Manager](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/engineering-manager) — 4
- [Site Reliability Engineer](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/site-reliability-engineer) — 3
- [DevOps Engineer](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/devops-engineer) — 2
- [Data Architect](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/data-architect) — 1
- [Data Engineer](https://career.thegoodapps.co/occupations/data-engineer) — 1

## Employers hiring for Elasticsearch

- [CrowdStrike](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/crowdstrike) — 9 open roles
- [Palantir](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/palantir) — 6 open roles
- [Help Scout](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/help-scout) — 4 open roles
- [LSEG](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/lseg) — 4 open roles
- [Temporal](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/temporal) — 4 open roles
- [AeroVironment](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/aerovironment) — 3 open roles

Related skills: [Kibana](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/kibana), [Logstash](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/logstash), [Grafana](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/grafana), [Fluentd](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/fluentd), [Elastic Stack (ELK)](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/elastic-stack-elk), [Grafana Loki](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/grafana-loki), [SEQ](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/seq), [Apache Solr](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/apache-solr)

## Open roles requiring Elasticsearch (68)

- [Software Development Engineer II, Search](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/Mapbox/cdc7cf98-5ec0-4a0b-a78f-bb3eb0e8b40f/application) at [Mapbox](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/mapbox) — Mapbox US, $160,650 – $217,350 (listed on Mapbox's own careers site)
- [Sr. Software Engineer, Platform](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/helpscout/1873a140-0ab9-408e-a9dd-d3c6106c9819/application) at [Help Scout](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/help-scout) — Full-time, United States · Remote, $156,000 – $182,000 (listed on Help Scout's own careers site)
- [AI Architect](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/d60d4961-3cbe-41d3-9ed3-b1450b301c7b/ai-architect-at-extensis) at [Extensis](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/extensis) — Woburn, MA, $130,000 – $155,000
- [DevOps Engineer](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/db863cc1-b9e8-41ed-914a-da2ac7784af7/devops-engineer-at-aerovironment) at [AeroVironment](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/aerovironment) — Full-time, Annapolis Junction, MD, $102,000 – $255,000
- [Sr. Manager, Software Engineering (DevOps / Platform Engineering)](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/8a306a3d-9134-4e87-9b5c-48724ffc3500/sr-manager-software-engineering-devops-platform-engineering-at-visa-inc) at [Visa Inc.](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/visa-inc) — Full-time, US - Foster City, CA, $180,600 – $289,300
- [Senior Observability Engineer](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/f9e93c7c-fa62-4f37-b2ef-22deba0cb393/senior-observability-engineer-at-moderna) at [Moderna](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/moderna)
- [Infrastruktur- og Plattformutvikler – Trondheim](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/096ed451-6a93-4f9c-b8ef-245c56e464c3/infrastruktur-og-plattformutvikler-trondheim-at-accenture) at [Accenture](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/accenture) — Full-time
- [Mid/Senior Software Engineer - Developer Platform (US Federal)](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/f131e3a4-3a62-43e3-acf9-75558600c3b4/mid-senior-software-engineer-developer-platform-us-federal-at-workday) at [Workday](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/workday) — Full-time, Reston, VA, $163,800 – $245,800
- [Manager, Software Verification - Bluefield BMC](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/27f7c4f2-9a89-48b2-808b-069792b14cca/manager-software-verification-bluefield-bmc-at-nvidia) at [NVIDIA](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/nvidia)
- [Senior Developer, Index Support .NET/SQL](https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs/a9450c2b-30ce-444d-a99d-84aed2fc6886/senior-developer-index-support-net-sql-at-lseg) at [LSEG](https://career.thegoodapps.co/organizations/lseg) — Charlotte, NC

All 68 open roles: https://career.thegoodapps.co/jobs?skills=6c51105b-39d8-41a6-b7f9-957f5d1725dc